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What's one thing HOMER L. HINES MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
846
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001050
Homer L. Hines Middle
561 McLawhorne Dr, Newport News, VA 23601 · (757) 591-4878 · Newport News city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Virginia public middle schools
- C-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
823 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 | 299 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 272 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%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
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Homer L. Hines Middle
Homer L. Hines Middle's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer L. Hines Middle this school | 846 | 97.3% | 58.1% |
| Mary Passage Middle Newport News | 931 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| Bayside Middle Virginia Beach | 628 | 96.3% | 63.4% |
| Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle Newport News | 988 | 98.2% | 52.8% |
| Elko Middle Sandston | 695 | 89.2% | 49.8% |
| Blair Middle Norfolk | 1,141 | 93.3% | 58.1% |
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 Homer L. Hines Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #263 of 337 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #286 of 342 ▼ 10 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #276 of 342 ▲ 24 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #135 of 343 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #132 of 333 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #55 of 340 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #179 of 224 | 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
846
-167 (-16%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,261
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 | 846 | N/A | N/A | 97% (823) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 54.1 | 15.6:1 | 94% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 64 | 13.7:1 | 85% (745) |
| 2020-21 | 1,013 | 68 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 55.7 | 16.1:1 | 83% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 63% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 876 | 46 | 19.0:1 | 52% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 1,362 | 82 | 16.6:1 | 44% (594) |
| 1990-91 | 1,261 | 73 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homer L. Hines Middle.
About Homer L. Hines Middle
Students in Newport News, Virginia, attend Homer L. Hines Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school had 846 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Newport News City Public Schools runs Homer L. Hines Middle along with 39 other schools, enrolling 25,882 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Homer L. Hines Middle is 54% Black. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 16% White, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Black share among all Newport News city residents. By the diversity index, Homer L. Hines Middle comes in at 64%.
The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
allk12 grades Homer L. Hines Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Homer L. Hines Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.1%; the prediction is 61.6%.
Newport News city has these Census figures: median household income is about $69,634, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Homer L. Hines Middle is among the 48 public schools in Newport News city.
Sedgefield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Homer L. Hines Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Homer L. Hines Middle is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 846 was 16% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,013.
Community posts for Homer L. Hines Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Sedgefield Elementary0.7 mi · 425
- Warwick High0.9 mi · 1,622
- Hilton Elementary1.1 mi · 368
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary1.5 mi · 343
- Carver Elementary1.5 mi · 634
- Crittenden Middle1.6 mi · 781
Frequently asked questions
About Homer L. Hines MiddleHow large is Homer L. Hines Middle?
Homer L. Hines Middle enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 06-08.
Is Homer L. Hines Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Homer L. Hines Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Homer L. Hines Middle?
At Homer L. Hines Middle, the student body is approximately 16% White, 18% Hispanic, 54% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Homer L. Hines Middle?
Homer L. Hines Middle is overseen by Newport News City Public Schools in Newport News city.
Where is Homer L. Hines Middle located?
Homer L. Hines Middle is located at 561 McLawhorne Dr, Newport News, VA 23601.
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