Little Creek Elementary, 7900 Tarpon Place: grades pre-K to 5, 561 students in fall 2025, state score 76.37. Office: 757-531-3080.

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: Little Creek Elementary, Norfolk Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps.

Little Creek Elementary School serves pre-K through fifth grade at 7900 Tarpon Place for Norfolk Public Schools (NPS). It had 561 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows. It uses two buildings, on Tarpon Place and Nancy Drive.

Who to call

Address Tarpon Building, 7900 Tarpon Place, Norfolk, VA 23518; Nancy Building, 7901 Nancy Drive, Norfolk, VA 23518
Phone 757-531-3080
Grades Pre-K to 5
Student hours 8:55 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
Office hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website lces.npsk12.com
Division Norfolk Public Schools

Principal

Principal Cheryl Coghlan, according to the school’s website. The site also lists Michale Siverio as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 561 students in fall 2025, compared with 583 in fall 2024 and 592 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. The state’s count starts at kindergarten, so pre-K students are not included.
  • Federal count: 592 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 12 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation shows whether a school meets the state’s Standards of Accreditation; a fully accredited school “submitted all required evidence to the Department of Education as prescribed in the Standards of Accreditation,” the profile says. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support.

  • Accreditation: Fully Accredited for 2025-26.
  • Framework score: 76.37, performance level Needs Intensive Support, in the state’s division summary.

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Reading 55% 52% 54%
Math 50% 51% 52%
Science 35% 52% 54%
History and social science 40% 50% 50%

The full profile also reports attendance, student groups, teacher data and spending.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Look up any address in the division’s Find My School map, or see the 2026-27 boundaries in its Redistricting Locator. Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines, so check the address, not the area.

Middle and high school: we laid the division’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school boundary layers over the city’s 78,561 address points. All of the Little Creek Elementary zone lies inside the Azalea Gardens Middle zone.

Its addresses are zoned for Lake Taylor High (all) at the high school level. Families on a zone edge should check their own address.

Calendar and bell times

From the division’s 2026-27 academic calendar (PDF):

  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher workday, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday, schools closed
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools closed
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, June 4, 2027: last day of school, early release

Students attend from 8:55 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. and the office is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page. On a two-hour delay, school starts at 10:55 a.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Little Creek Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. It is part of Norfolk Public Schools and had 561 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.

How is Little Creek Elementary rated by the state?

On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 76.37 and is rated Needs Intensive Support, and it is fully accredited for 2025-26, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.

What time does Little Creek Elementary start?

Students attend from 8:55 a.m. to 3:20 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page. A two-hour delay moves the start to 10:55 a.m.

Which middle and high schools does Little Creek Elementary feed into?

On the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps, its zone falls within the zone of Azalea Gardens Middle for middle school and Lake Taylor High for high school. Check a specific address with Find My School.