Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001052
Hilton Elementary
225 River Rd, Newport News, VA 23601 · (757) 591-4772 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
365 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 55% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
62%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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% 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 18 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 Hilton Elementary
Hilton Elementary's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Elementary this school | 368 | 99.2% | 78.8% |
| Bedford Hills Elementary Lynchburg | 402 | 98.0% | 59.9% |
| Paul Munro Elementary Lynchburg | 356 | 97.2% | 82.4% |
| Garden City Elementary Roanoke | 302 | 98.7% | 54.1% |
| Buckingham Co Primary Dillwyn | 361 | 98.9% | N/A |
| Buckingham Co Elementary Dillwyn | 351 | 99.4% | 59.8% |
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 Hilton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #341 of 1,101 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #286 of 1,111 ▲ 172 | #2 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #218 of 1,111 ▲ 107 | #2 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #881 of 1,176 | #24 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,044 of 1,105 | #10 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #511 of 1,106 | #21 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #179 of 1,157 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #574 of 759 | #21 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
368
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 21.5 | 18.6:1 | 99% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 22.5 | 17.0:1 | 91% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 34% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 18 | 22.0:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 24% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 32% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 21 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (394 to 368); teachers unchanged (21 to 21).
About Hilton Elementary
In Newport News, Virginia, Hilton Elementary is a small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 368 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Hilton Elementary belongs to Newport News City Public Schools, a district of 40 schools and 25,882 students.
Of every 100 students at Hilton Elementary, about 54 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 41%. The diversity index for Hilton Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. About 99% of students at Hilton Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
Hilton Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hilton Elementary does better than predicted by 17.6 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.8%; the prediction is 61.1%.
In Newport News city, where the school is located, the median household earns about $69,634 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Newport News city number 48, with about 25,882 students.
The closest school to Hilton Elementary is Crittenden Middle, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hilton Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hilton Elementary is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Hilton Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%.
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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
Other Hilton Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hilton Elementary. Hilton Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Hilton ElementaryHiltons, VA · 159 students
- Hilton Elementary SchoolZillah, WA · 305 students
- Hilton ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Crittenden Middle1.0 mi · 781
- Carver Elementary1.0 mi · 634
- Homer L. Hines Middle1.1 mi · 846
- Sedgefield Elementary1.1 mi · 425
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary1.5 mi · 343
- Warwick High1.8 mi · 1,622
Frequently asked questions
About Hilton ElementaryHow large is Hilton Elementary?
Hilton Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hilton Elementary serve?
Hilton Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hilton Elementary?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Hilton Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hilton Elementary?
At Hilton Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 10% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Hilton Elementary public or private?
Hilton 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.