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If you could change one rule at MARY PASSAGE MIDDLE, what would it be?
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Enrollment
931
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264002298
Mary Passage Middle
400 Atkinson Way, Newport News, VA 23608 · (757) 886-7600 · Newport News city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL931 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Virginia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
911 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 296 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 339 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 296 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%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
60.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Mary Passage Middle
Mary Passage Middle's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Passage Middle this school | 931 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| Homer L. Hines Middle Newport News | 846 | 97.3% | 58.1% |
| Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle Newport News | 988 | 98.2% | 52.8% |
| Bayside Middle Virginia Beach | 628 | 96.3% | 63.4% |
| Blair Middle Norfolk | 1,141 | 93.3% | 58.1% |
| Elko Middle Sandston | 695 | 89.2% | 49.8% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Mary Passage Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #298 of 337 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #291 of 342 ▼ 7 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #284 of 342 ▲ 30 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 931 | #102 of 343 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #117 of 333 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #52 of 340 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #23 of 99 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
931
-81 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 1,027
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 | 931 | N/A | N/A | 98% (911) |
| 2023-24 | 976 | 63.7 | 15.3:1 | 95% (926) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 66.3 | 14.3:1 | 87% (821) |
| 2020-21 | 1,012 | 67 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 54.7 | 14.4:1 | 83% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 58 | 15.7:1 | 66% (601) |
| 2010-11 | 1,027 | 46 | 22.3:1 | 58% (597) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Passage Middle.
About Mary Passage Middle
The public middle school Mary Passage Middle is located in Newport News, Virginia. It has an enrollment of 931 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Virginia enroll around 750, and this school is 24% above that mark.
Newport News City Public Schools is responsible for 40 schools, Mary Passage Middle included, with 25,882 students in all.
The student body at Mary Passage Middle is 51% Black. The school is also 19% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Lunch program data show 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Newport News city average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mary Passage Middle lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Virginia public middle schools.
Mary Passage Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.6%, compared with a predicted 61.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Newport News city, home to about 184,216 people, the median household earns about $69,634 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Mary Passage Middle shares Newport News city with 47 other public schools.
Mary Passage Middle's closest public school neighbor is David A. Dutrow Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Mary Passage Middle ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.6% against a local average of 56.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 81 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- David A. Dutrow Elementary0.5 mi · 341
- George J. McIntosh Elementary1.0 mi · 446
- Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle1.1 mi · 988
- Denbigh Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 397
- Stoney Run Elementary1.2 mi · 453
- Richneck Elementary1.4 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Passage MiddleHow many students attend Mary Passage Middle?
Mary Passage Middle enrolls approximately 931 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mary Passage Middle serve?
Mary Passage Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary Passage Middle?
At Mary Passage Middle, the student body is approximately 19% White, 17% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Mary Passage Middle public or private?
Mary Passage Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newport News City Public Schools.
What county does Mary Passage Middle serve?
Mary Passage Middle serves Newport News city in VA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.