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How has Kiln Creek Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264000358
Kiln Creek Elementary
1501 Kiln Creek Pkwy, Newport News, VA 23602 · (757) 886-7961 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
568 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
63%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
Where Kiln Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #788 of 1,101 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #812 of 1,111 ▲ 96 | #6 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #655 of 1,111 ▲ 134 | #4 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #457 of 1,176 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,103 of 1,105 | #26 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #481 of 1,106 | #19 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #19 of 1,157 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #196 of 759 | #9 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
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
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 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 35.6 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 37.3 | 16.6:1 | 93% (576) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 38 | 18.0:1 | 85% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 37 | 19.0:1 | 51% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | 42 | 17.7:1 | 44% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 38% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiln Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (683 to 553); teachers down 32% (38 to 26).
About Kiln Creek Elementary
Kiln Creek Elementary serves students in Newport News, Virginia, as a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 553 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Newport News City Public Schools has a total of 40 schools and 25,882 students, Kiln Creek Elementary among them.
The student body at Kiln Creek Elementary is 56% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.3:1. The school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 7.4 students per teacher.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Kiln Creek Elementary outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Kiln Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.3%) and its predicted rate (60.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
For Newport News city, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,634, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 48 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,882, Kiln Creek Elementary among them.
L.F. Palmer Elementary is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 71.8% on proficiency, and Kiln Creek Elementary is below that at 62.3%.
Kiln Creek Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 620 (2020-21) to 553 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.8:1 to 21.3:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- L.F. Palmer Elementary1.0 mi · 465
- Tabb Middle2.1 mi · 968
- Willis A. Jenkins Elementary2.1 mi · 507
- Mount Vernon Elementary2.3 mi · 573
- Richard T. Yates Elementary2.4 mi · 448
- Grafton Bethel Elementary2.6 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About Kiln Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Kiln Creek Elementary?
Kiln Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kiln Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiln Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kiln Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kiln Creek Elementary is approximately 21.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kiln Creek Elementary?
At Kiln Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Kiln Creek Elementary public or private?
Kiln Creek 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.