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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001043
Carver Elementary
6160 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23605 · (757) 591-4950 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
642 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,046 of 1,101 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,032 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #18 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,048 of 1,111 ▲ 14 | #21 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #292 of 1,176 | #3 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,028 of 1,105 | #8 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #544 of 1,106 | #22 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #46 of 1,157 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #531 of 759 | #20 of 25 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
634
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 38.4 | 15.2:1 | 98% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 34.8 | 17.3:1 | 90% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 83% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 81% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 74% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 35 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (687 to 634); teachers down 7% (40 to 37).
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is one of the public schools in Newport News, Virginia. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 634 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 27% above that.
Carver Elementary is one school in Newport News City Public Schools, a system of 40 schools with 25,882 students.
At 54%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Carver Elementary combined. The school is also 29% Hispanic, 8% White, and 8% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 41%. The chance that two students picked at random at Carver Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
With 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Carver Elementary was 17.1:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is lower than this school's figure.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Carver Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Carver Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 17.9 points (42.6% versus 60.5%), a bottom-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
Within Newport News city, median household income is about $69,634, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 48 public schools in Newport News city, with a combined enrollment of about 25,882.
Nearest public school: Crittenden Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carver Elementary ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Carver Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 657 in 2020-21 and 634 in 2024-25, a decrease of 23 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.6:1 to 17.1:1.
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Newport News city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
184,216
Census ACS
Median income
$69,634
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
25,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport News City Public Schools
- Woodside HighHigh · 1,723 students
- Menchville HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Warwick HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Denbigh HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,106 students
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
Other schools in Newport News
- Woodside HighHigh · 1,723 students
- Menchville HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Warwick HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Denbigh HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,106 students
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 6th largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
- Carver ElementarySan Marino, CA · 777 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 711 students
Nearby schools
- Crittenden Middle0.1 mi · 781
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary0.7 mi · 343
- Sedgefield Elementary1.0 mi · 425
- Hilton Elementary1.0 mi · 368
- Alfred S. Forrest Elementary1.5 mi · 499
- Homer L. Hines Middle1.5 mi · 846
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryHow many students attend Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Carver Elementary serve?
Carver Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Carver Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Carver Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Elementary?
At Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 29% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newport News City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.