New Kent Elementary

New Kent Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in New Kent, Virginia, overseen by New Kent County Public Schools, teacheing 601 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 20% larger than typical.

New Kent Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by New Kent County Public Schools, a district that works with 3,572 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Kent Elementary reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the resource side, New Kent Elementary shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Kent Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.0%, the actual is 77.4%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New Kent County put the typical household earns roughly $123,314 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Kent Elementary is one of 7 public schools in New Kent County (combined enrollment of about 3,572 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Kent Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Kent Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Kent Elementary has declined 24%, going from 795 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.