Huntington Middle

Located at 5800 Marshall Ave, in Newport News, Virginia, Huntington Middle is a micro-enrollment middle-grades school that works with 292 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Newport News City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 750.

Newport News City Public Schools runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 25,882 students. Huntington Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Huntington Middle logs that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Newport News city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Huntington Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.2%; actual is 33.6%, a gap of -27.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Newport News city reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,634 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Newport News city runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students), of which Huntington Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Heritage High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Huntington Middle comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 89% to 82%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.