Mary Passage Middle

Mary Passage Middle, a medium-sized junior high in Newport News, Virginia, operated by Newport News City Public Schools, serves 931 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 750.

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

On the student-mix side, Mary Passage Middle lists that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 19% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mary Passage Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Newport News city indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,634 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Newport News city's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students), Mary Passage Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is David A. Dutrow Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary Passage Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mary Passage Middle's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 787 (now 931).

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