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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001068
Knollwood Meadows Elementary
826 Moyer Rd, Newport News, VA 23608 · (757) 886-7783 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
20.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
458 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
73%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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Knollwood Meadows Elementary
Knollwood Meadows Elementary's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knollwood Meadows Elementary this school | 460 | 99.6% | 65.0% |
| Sewells Point Elementary Norfolk | 495 | 99.8% | 63.1% |
| Ocean View Elementary Norfolk | 512 | 98.2% | 55.5% |
| T. Ryland Sanford Elementary Newport News | 498 | 99.0% | 58.8% |
| Richard T. Yates Elementary Newport News | 448 | 97.8% | 64.5% |
| Riverside Elementary Newport News | 506 | 99.0% | 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 Knollwood Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #726 of 1,101 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #837 of 1,111 ▼ 347 | #8 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #796 of 1,111 ▼ 108 | #8 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #676 of 1,176 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,097 of 1,105 | #23 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #104 of 1,106 | #2 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #149 of 1,157 | #17 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #128 of 759 | #6 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
460
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 98% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 91% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 47% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 32 | 20.0:1 | 52% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 38% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 29% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knollwood Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (594 to 460); teachers down 32% (34 to 23).
About Knollwood Meadows Elementary
Knollwood Meadows Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Newport News, Virginia. The student body numbers 460 students, from pre-K through 5.
Newport News City Public Schools (40 schools, 25,882 students) runs Knollwood Meadows Elementary.
Knollwood Meadows Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 35%. Smaller groups are 32% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Knollwood Meadows Elementary's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Knollwood Meadows Elementary is 23 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.0:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school counts 458 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
Knollwood Meadows Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Knollwood Meadows Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.0% is 4.0 points above the 61.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Newport News city, the median household income is $69,634, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newport News city is home to 48 public schools and about 25,882 public school students.
Stoney Run Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Knollwood Meadows Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Knollwood Meadows Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Knollwood Meadows Elementary's enrollment declined from 487 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 20.0:1, from 15.2:1.
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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
- Stoney Run Elementary0.7 mi · 453
- Denbigh High0.8 mi · 1,269
- David A. Dutrow Elementary1.2 mi · 341
- T. Ryland Sanford Elementary1.5 mi · 498
- Mary Passage Middle1.7 mi · 931
- General Stanford Elementary2.1 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Knollwood Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Knollwood Meadows Elementary?
Knollwood Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
Is Knollwood Meadows Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knollwood Meadows Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Knollwood Meadows Elementary have?
Knollwood Meadows Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knollwood Meadows Elementary?
At Knollwood Meadows Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 17% Hispanic, 35% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Knollwood Meadows Elementary in?
Knollwood Meadows Elementary is part of Newport News City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.