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Alumni: what's one memory from David A. Dutrow Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001044
David A. Dutrow Elementary
60 Curtis Tignor Rd, Newport News, VA 23608 · (757) 886-7760 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
340 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
68%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
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like David A. Dutrow Elementary
David A. Dutrow Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Dutrow Elementary this school | 341 | 99.7% | 61.6% |
| Westover Hills Elementary Richmond | 375 | 99.2% | 43.5% |
| Park Avenue Elementary Danville | 361 | 95.0% | 46.3% |
| Camp Allen Elementary Norfolk | 405 | 99.8% | 64.8% |
| Sandusky Elementary Lynchburg | 316 | 93.4% | 61.1% |
| Albert Harris Elementary Martinsville | 399 | 99.7% | 57.4% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where David A. Dutrow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #798 of 1,101 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #792 of 1,111 ▲ 96 | #4 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #817 of 1,111 ▼ 183 | #9 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #922 of 1,176 | #25 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,022 of 1,105 | #7 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #310 of 1,106 | #9 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #137 of 1,157 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #50 of 759 | #3 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
341
-166 (-33%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 98% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 91% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 29 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 60% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 55% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 40% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 26% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 28 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David A. Dutrow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (483 to 341); teachers down 23% (26 to 20).
About David A. Dutrow Elementary
David A. Dutrow Elementary is a small elementary school in Newport News City Public Schools, located in Newport News, Virginia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 341 students. That is 32% below the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Newport News City Public Schools is responsible for 40 schools, David A. Dutrow Elementary included, with 25,882 students in all.
The student body at David A. Dutrow Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 50%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 16% White, and 13% multiracial. The county population is about 41% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Staffing at David A. Dutrow Elementary comes to 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Newport News city average a similar 98%.
David A. Dutrow Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Virginia public elementary schools.
David A. Dutrow Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.6%, compared with a predicted 61.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Newport News city, the median household earns about $69,634 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Newport News city has 48 public schools with about 25,882 students, including David A. Dutrow Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, David A. Dutrow Elementary is closest to Mary Passage Middle, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: David A. Dutrow Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 61.6% versus a 57.0% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 507 to 341, a 33% decline.
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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
Nearby schools
- Mary Passage Middle0.5 mi · 931
- Stoney Run Elementary0.8 mi · 453
- Knollwood Meadows Elementary1.2 mi · 460
- Denbigh High1.2 mi · 1,269
- General Stanford Elementary1.4 mi · 430
- Denbigh Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About David A. Dutrow ElementaryHow large is David A. Dutrow Elementary?
David A. Dutrow Elementary enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does David A. Dutrow Elementary serve?
David A. Dutrow Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does David A. Dutrow Elementary have?
David A. Dutrow Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is David A. Dutrow Elementary?
David A. Dutrow Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 19% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees David A. Dutrow Elementary?
David A. Dutrow Elementary is overseen by Newport News City Public Schools in Newport News city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.