Ryan Academy of Norfolk
under 1 mi Grades K-8 51 students 6.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Private elementary schools in Norfolk, VA
21 in Norfolk or within 6 miles; schools in Norfolk itself count at any distance from downtown. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by each school’s grade span in the federal survey (or, for schools new since then, the state’s official list).
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
Grades PreK-K Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Early childhood Co-ed
St. Pius X School
1 mi Grades PreK-8 155 students 5.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 503 students 7.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 98% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 128 students 8 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 688 students 8.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 80% to 4-year college
Park Place School
2 mi Grades 3-8 39 students 5.7 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 207 students 7.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-3 37 students 12.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 373 students 11.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Dominion Academy
4 mi Grades 4-12 33 students 4.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Norfolk Academy
4 mi Grades 1-12 1,207 students 10.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
West Ghent School
5 mi Grades PreK-1 12 students 6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Presbyterian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-4 13 students 6.5 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed
Grades 1-12 90 students 4.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 30% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-8 86 students 4.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-5 122 students 15.2 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed
The Williams School
5 mi Grades PreK-8 155 students 6.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Episcopal Early childhood Co-ed
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What Virginia pays
Virginia Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Tax-credit scholarship
Up to the state share of per-pupil public school funding where you live The ceiling differs by school division. Students with disabilities at licensed special education schools can receive up to three times that share. In fiscal 2025, 5,336 scholarships were reported against $15.3 million in donor credits.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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