Kiln Creek Elementary

As a moderately sized primary school in Newport News, Virginia, Kiln Creek Elementary caters to 553 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Newport News City Public Schools.

Across the 40 schools in Newport News City Public Schools (25,882 students total), Kiln Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kiln Creek Elementary records that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. 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, Kiln Creek Elementary lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 103% of students at Kiln Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kiln Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.1%, the actual is 62.3%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Newport News city) records that median household income runs about $69,634, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Kiln Creek Elementary is one of 48 public schools in Newport News city (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students).

The closest other public school is L.F. Palmer Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kiln Creek Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.8%.

Kiln Creek Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kiln Creek Elementary's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 683 (now 553). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 48% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.