P.B. Young Sr. Elementary, 543 E. Olney Road: grades pre-K to 2, 229 students in fall 2025, state score 61.9. Office: 757-628-2588.

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: P.B. Young Sr. 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.

P.B. Young Sr. Elementary School serves pre-K through second grade at 543 E. Olney Road for Norfolk Public Schools (NPS). It had 229 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.

Who to call
Address 543 E. Olney Road, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone 757-628-2588
Grades Pre-K to 2
Student hours 8:55 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
Office hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website pbyes.npsk12.com
Division Norfolk Public Schools

Principal

The state’s School Quality Profile lists Candiase Driver as principal; the school’s own website lists Candiase B. Driver at the top of its staff box.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 229 students in fall 2025, compared with 241 in fall 2024 and 217 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: 217 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about nine 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: 61.9, performance level Needs Intensive Support, in the state’s division summary.

P.B. Young serves pre-K through second grade, so it has no state test scores of its own: Virginia’s reading and math tests start in third grade.

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. By address, the P.B. Young Sr. Elementary zone falls 60% in the Ruffner School zone and 40% in the Blair Middle zone.

Its addresses are zoned for Booker T. Washington High (60%), Granby High (21%) and Maury High (18%) at the high school level. Families on a zone edge should check their own address.

Scheduled to close: P.B. Young Sr. Elementary is one of four elementary schools set to close in June 2027, at the end of the 2026-27 school year, under Phase II of the School Consolidation and Facilities Plan the School Board approved on Oct. 15, 2025, the division said. The others are Tarrallton, Granby and Lindenwood. Students “will begin the 2027-2028 school year at newly assigned schools and will be given advanced notification.” The board held a public hearing on the Phase II closings and redistricting Oct. 14, the division announced. Our schools guide follows the plan; questions go to NPSConsolidation@nps.k12.va.us.

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 P.B. Young Sr. Elementary serve?

Pre-K through second grade. It is part of Norfolk Public Schools and had 229 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.

How is P.B. Young Sr. Elementary rated by the state?

On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 61.9 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 P.B. Young Sr. 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 P.B. Young Sr. Elementary feed into?

On the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps, its zone falls within the zones of Ruffner School and Blair Middle for middle school and Booker T. Washington High, Granby High and Maury High for high school. Check a specific address with Find My School.

Is P.B. Young Sr. Elementary closing?

Yes, under the division’s consolidation plan. It is scheduled to close in June 2027, at the end of the 2026-27 school year, and its students will start 2027-28 at newly assigned schools.