1
What clubs or activities at Hidenwood Elementary are worth joining?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001051
Hidenwood Elementary
501 Blount Point Rd, Newport News, VA 23606 · (757) 591-4766 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-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
14.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
476 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
63%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
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +22.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 22 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Hidenwood Elementary
Hidenwood Elementary's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidenwood Elementary this school | 476 | 100.0% | 52.6% |
| Granby Elementary Norfolk | 464 | 99.6% | 48.8% |
| Patrick Copeland Elementary Hopewell | 579 | 100.0% | 45.9% |
| Sussex Central Elementary Stony Creek | 478 | 99.4% | 73.1% |
| Willis A. Jenkins Elementary Newport News | 507 | 100.0% | 53.5% |
| Riverside Elementary Newport News | 506 | 99.0% | 48.8% |
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 Hidenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #951 of 1,101 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #870 of 1,111 ▲ 19 | #10 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #954 of 1,111 ▲ 26 | #15 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #641 of 1,176 | #12 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #752 of 1,105 | #3 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #471 of 1,106 | #17 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #114 of 1,157 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #238 of 759 | #11 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
476
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 100% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 98% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 91% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 29 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 81% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 67% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 62% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 44% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 40 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hidenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (576 to 476); teachers up 3% (31 to 32).
About Hidenwood Elementary
Hidenwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Newport News. The school enrolls 476 students, from pre-K through 5.
Newport News City Public Schools is responsible for 40 schools, Hidenwood Elementary included, with 25,882 students in all.
A majority of students at Hidenwood Elementary, 54%, are Black. Next come 22% White, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 41% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hidenwood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
At Hidenwood Elementary, 32 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. Across public schools in Newport News city, the average is about the same, 98%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Hidenwood Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hidenwood Elementary is 8.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 52.6%. Predicted: 60.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Newport News city, median household income is about $69,634, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 48 public schools operate in Newport News city, serving about 25,882 students.
The closest public school to Hidenwood Elementary is Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Hidenwood Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hidenwood Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Hidenwood Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 519 to 476. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hidenwood Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle0.7 mi · 1,087
- Riverside Elementary1.0 mi · 506
- Richard T. Yates Elementary1.7 mi · 448
- Deer Park Elementary1.9 mi · 433
- Warwick High2.0 mi · 1,622
- Menchville High2.4 mi · 1,707
Frequently asked questions
About Hidenwood ElementaryHow many students attend Hidenwood Elementary?
Hidenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hidenwood Elementary serve?
Hidenwood Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hidenwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hidenwood Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hidenwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Hidenwood Elementary are roughly 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Hidenwood Elementary public or private?
Hidenwood 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.