Achievable Dream Academy

Located at 726 16th St., in Newport News, Virginia, Achievable Dream Academy is a mid-tier primary school that hosts 641 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Newport News City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Newport News City Public Schools comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 25,882 students; Achievable Dream Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Achievable Dream Academy logs that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Achievable Dream Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Achievable Dream Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Newport News city) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,634, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Achievable Dream Academy is one of 48 public schools in Newport News city (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students).

Nearest neighbor: John Marshall Early Childhood Center, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Achievable Dream Academy. On composite proficiency, Achievable Dream Academy comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Achievable Dream Academy's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 641). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Achievable Dream Academy typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.