Christopher Farms Elementary, 2828 Pleasant Acres Drive: grades pre-K to 5, 605 students in fall 2025, framework score 90.13. Office: 757-648-2240.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Christopher Farms Elementary, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Christopher Farms Elementary School serves pre-K through fifth grade at 2828 Pleasant Acres Drive for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS). It had 605 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.

Who to call
Address 2828 Pleasant Acres Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Phone 757-648-2240
Grades Pre-K to 5
Student hours 8:05 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website christopherfarmses.vbschools.com
Division Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Principal

Principal Kristen Shuman, according to the school’s website. The administration page also lists James Arnett as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 605 students in fall 2025, down from 626 in fall 2024 and 616 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 21 in pre-K, 89 in kindergarten, 96 in first grade, 108 in second grade, 105 in third grade, 96 in fourth grade and 90 in fifth grade.
  • Federal count: 616 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation checks that a school meets the state’s Standards of Accreditation. The School Performance and Support Framework “considers multiple measures of student success, including academic achievement, growth, readiness, and graduation,” the division’s accreditation and performance page says, and gives each school a score and a performance level.

  • Accreditation: Fully Accredited. All 81 VBCPS schools earned full accreditation for 2026-27, based on 2025-26 data, the division announced Oct. 7.
  • Framework score: 90.13, performance level Distinguished, in the state’s division summary.

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

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
English reading 84% 86% 81%
Math 83% 86% 84%
Science 83% 87% 69%

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 School Locator; the school’s own 2026-27 zone map (PDF) shows its boundary. Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines, so check the address, not the area.

Where students go next: Most of the Christopher Farms Elementary zone’s area lies in the Landstown Middle zone and part in the Princess Anne Middle and Corporate Landing Middle zones, according to the division’s 2026-27 attendance zone maps, so the middle school depends on the street. Most of the zone’s area lies in the Landstown High zone and part in the Kellam High zone, so the high school depends on the street.

Families who want a different school can file an out-of-zone request.

Calendar and bell times

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

  • Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3: no school for students (staff days; Nov. 3 is Election Day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, June 11, 2027: last day for students

Students attend from 8:05 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. and the office is open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page, which lists Christopher Farms Elementary as an “A” schedule elementary school.

Closings and delays are posted on the division’s weather page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Christopher Farms Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. It is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

How is Christopher Farms Elementary rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2026-27. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 90.13 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.

Which middle school does Christopher Farms Elementary feed into?

Most of its zone is in the Landstown Middle zone, with parts in Princess Anne Middle and Corporate Landing Middle, on the division’s 2026-27 maps, so it depends on the street. Check an address in the VBCPS School Locator.

What time does Christopher Farms Elementary start?

Students attend from 8:05 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page.