Crittenden Middle

Crittenden Middle is a 6-8 campus of medium-sized scale in Newport News, Virginia, overseen by Newport News City Public Schools, works with 781 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Newport News City Public Schools, which oversees 40 schools and 25,882 students, Crittenden Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Crittenden Middle logs that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Newport News city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Roughly 98% of students at Crittenden Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Crittenden Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 50.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Newport News city) shows that median household income runs about $69,634, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Newport News city's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students), Crittenden Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Carver Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crittenden Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

Crittenden Middle operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crittenden Middle has ticked down 22%, going from 996 students in 2018 to 781 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 8% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.