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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001061
Katherine Johnson Elementary
17346 Warwick Blvd, Newport News, VA 23603 · (757) 888-3320 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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
18.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
545 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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
59%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
55.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
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 Katherine Johnson Elementary
Katherine Johnson Elementary's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Johnson Elementary this school | 553 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| Coleman Place Elementary Norfolk | 551 | 99.6% | 40.9% |
| Roanoke Academy For Mathematics & Science Elementary Roanoke | 464 | 99.4% | 57.1% |
| Willis A. Jenkins Elementary Newport News | 507 | 100.0% | 53.5% |
| Cradock Elementary Portsmouth | 616 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
| Granby Elementary Norfolk | 464 | 99.6% | 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 Katherine Johnson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #943 of 1,101 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #965 of 1,111 ▲ 33 | #15 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #941 of 1,111 ▲ 27 | #14 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #458 of 1,176 | #6 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,077 of 1,105 | #16 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #598 of 1,106 | #23 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #201 of 1,157 | #24 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #682 of 759 | #25 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
553
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 553 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 99% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 97% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 90% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 37 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 83% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 64% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 58% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 34 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Katherine Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (568 to 553); teachers down 12% (34 to 30).
About Katherine Johnson Elementary
Katherine Johnson Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Newport News, Virginia. It enrolls 553 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Katherine Johnson Elementary is among 40 schools run by Newport News City Public Schools, which serves 25,882 students.
The student body at Katherine Johnson Elementary is 60% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 12% White, and 10% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 18.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Katherine Johnson Elementary, which has 30. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Katherine Johnson Elementary outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Katherine Johnson Elementary is 8.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.3% versus 61.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Newport News city show that the median household earns about $69,634 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Newport News city, 48 public schools serve about 25,882 students.
Denbigh Early Childhood Center is about 1.9 miles from Katherine Johnson Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Katherine Johnson Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 547 in 2020-21 and 553 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 18.4:1.
The allk12 page for Katherine Johnson Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Denbigh Early Childhood Center1.9 mi · 397
- Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle2.0 mi · 988
- General Stanford Elementary2.2 mi · 430
- Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary2.5 mi · 549
- Woodside High2.8 mi · 1,723
- James River Elementary2.9 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Katherine Johnson ElementaryHow many students attend Katherine Johnson Elementary?
Katherine Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
Is Katherine Johnson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Katherine Johnson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Katherine Johnson Elementary have?
Katherine Johnson Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Katherine Johnson Elementary?
Student demographics at Katherine Johnson Elementary are roughly 12% White, 17% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Katherine Johnson Elementary?
Katherine Johnson Elementary is overseen by Newport News City Public Schools in Newport News city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.