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If you could change one rule at General Stanford Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264002422
General Stanford Elementary
929 Madison Ave., Ft. Eustis, VA 23604 · (757) 888-3200 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
428 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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
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
77.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 78.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 General Stanford Elementary
General Stanford Elementary's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Stanford Elementary this school | 430 | 99.5% | 77.0% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Mary Calcott Elementary Norfolk | 404 | 99.8% | 69.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Colonial Heights | 422 | 95.7% | 66.9% |
| Axton Elementary Axton | 371 | 99.5% | 73.5% |
| Samuel P. Langley Elementary Hampton | 429 | 92.3% | 81.4% |
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 General Stanford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #395 of 1,101 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #408 of 1,111 ▲ 173 | #3 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #407 of 1,111 ▲ 112 | #3 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #750 of 1,176 | #19 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,093 of 1,105 | #22 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #103 of 1,106 | #1 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #153 of 1,157 | #19 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #592 of 759 | #22 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
430
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 100% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 98% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 91% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 33% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 48% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 44% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for General Stanford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (456 to 430); teachers down 12% (25 to 22).
About General Stanford Elementary
General Stanford Elementary is an elementary school in Ft. Eustis, Virginia, according to federal school records. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 430 students.
Newport News City Public Schools is the district for General Stanford Elementary. It has 40 schools and 25,882 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at General Stanford Elementary is White, with 40% of students. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Newport News city overall, the White share is about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, General Stanford Elementary scores 73%.
Its staff includes 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 5.7 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at General Stanford Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Newport News city is close, at 98%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for General Stanford Elementary is 61.0%. It actually posts 77.0%, which is 16.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
In Newport News city, home to about 184,216 people, median household income comes to about $69,634, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 48 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,882, General Stanford Elementary among them.
General Stanford Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Denbigh Early Childhood Center, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: General Stanford Elementary ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 77.0% versus a 54.0% average.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 436 students in 2020-21 and 430 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 19.6:1 in 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
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
Nearby schools
- Denbigh Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 397
- Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle1.1 mi · 988
- David A. Dutrow Elementary1.4 mi · 341
- Mary Passage Middle1.5 mi · 931
- Knollwood Meadows Elementary2.1 mi · 460
- Stoney Run Elementary2.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About General Stanford ElementaryHow many students attend General Stanford Elementary?
General Stanford Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
Is General Stanford Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
General Stanford Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does General Stanford Elementary have?
General Stanford Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at General Stanford Elementary?
Student demographics at General Stanford Elementary are roughly 40% White, 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is General Stanford Elementary in?
General Stanford Elementary is part of Newport News City Public Schools.
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