Knollwood Meadows Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Newport News, Virginia, Knollwood Meadows Elementary caters to 460 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Newport News City Public Schools.

Knollwood Meadows Elementary is one of 40 schools operated by Newport News City Public Schools, a district that serves 25,882 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Knollwood Meadows Elementary records that 35% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Knollwood Meadows Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 65.0%.

In the surrounding community, Newport News city reports that median household earnings sit near $69,634, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Knollwood Meadows Elementary is one of 48 public schools in Newport News city (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stoney Run Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Knollwood Meadows Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 460 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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