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What's the most underrated thing about ETHEL M. GILDERSLEEVE MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,087
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264002208
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle
1 Minton Dr, Newport News, VA 23606 · (757) 591-4862 · Newport News city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,087 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,062 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 360 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 359 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 368 | 34% |
Student demographics
73%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
59.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 59 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 have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle this school | 1,087 | 97.7% | 62.8% |
| Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle Newport News | 988 | 98.2% | 52.8% |
| Azalea Gardens Middle Norfolk | 792 | 87.8% | 61.3% |
| Quioccasin Middle Richmond | 1,053 | 89.9% | 59.3% |
| Colonial Heights Middle Colonial Heights | 700 | 98.4% | 64.3% |
| Northside Middle Norfolk | 732 | 89.8% | 57.4% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #225 of 337 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #200 of 342 ▼ 25 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #290 of 342 ▼ 22 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,087 | #58 of 343 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #23 of 333 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #53 of 340 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #73 of 99 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,087
-55 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,221
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 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | 98% (1,062) |
| 2023-24 | 1,097 | 72.9 | 15.1:1 | 96% (1,054) |
| 2022-23 | 1,130 | 69 | 16.4:1 | 89% (1,007) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 81 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,037 | 68.5 | 15.1:1 | 48% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 1,053 | 65 | 16.2:1 | 39% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 1,040 | 50 | 20.8:1 | 36% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 1,316 | 78 | 16.9:1 | 33% (433) |
| 1990-91 | 1,221 | 74 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle.
About Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Newport News, Virginia, under Newport News City Public Schools. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,087 students. That is 45% above the average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.
The district, Newport News City Public Schools, operates 40 schools serving 25,882 students.
About 33% of students at Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is higher, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
At Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of Virginia public middle schools.
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.8% is 1.3 points above the 61.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Newport News city, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,634 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 48 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,882, Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle among them.
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle's closest public school neighbor is Hidenwood Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle's average proficiency of 62.8% compares with 63.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,142 (2020-21) to 1,087 (2024-25).
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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
- Ella J. Fitzgerald MiddleMiddle · 988 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
- Ella J. Fitzgerald MiddleMiddle · 988 students
Nearby schools
- Hidenwood Elementary0.7 mi · 476
- Riverside Elementary1.2 mi · 506
- Richard T. Yates Elementary1.2 mi · 448
- Deer Park Elementary1.4 mi · 433
- Warwick High1.9 mi · 1,622
- Watkins Early Childhood Center2.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleHow large is Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle?
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle enrolls approximately 1,087 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle serve?
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How diverse is Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle?
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle reports a student body of 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle in?
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle is part of Newport News City Public Schools.
What city is Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle in?
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle is located in Newport News, VA.
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