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What's one thing New Kent Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW KENT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510261001039
New Kent Elementary
11705 New Kent Hwy, New Kent, VA 23124 · (804) 966-9663 · New Kent County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
201 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within New Kent County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 New Kent Elementary
New Kent Elementary's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Kent Elementary this school | 601 | 33.4% | 77.4% |
| Quinton Elementary Quinton | 559 | 33.6% | 76.0% |
| Potomac Elementary Dahlgren | 566 | 37.3% | 70.8% |
| Seaford Elementary Seaford | 552 | 35.7% | 90.6% |
| Ocean Lakes Elementary Virginia Beach | 530 | 32.1% | 81.8% |
| Goochland Elementary Goochland | 509 | 28.3% | 77.8% |
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 New Kent Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #383 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #343 of 1,111 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #485 of 1,111 ▼ 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #358 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #175 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #772 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #912 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #102 of 759 |
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
601
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 601 | 50 | 12.0:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 36% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 47.3 | 16.8:1 | 28% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 27% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 27% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 45 | 11.0:1 | 17% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 38 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Kent Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (795 to 601); teachers up 6% (47.3 to 50).
About New Kent Elementary
New Kent Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia, located in New Kent. Enrollment totals 601 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
New Kent County Public Schools, which runs New Kent Elementary, has 5 schools and 3,572 students.
Federal enrollment data show New Kent Elementary is 69% White. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at New Kent Elementary, there are about 12.0 students; the school has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is higher. There are 201 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 33% of enrollment.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, New Kent Elementary outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at New Kent Elementary are 1.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (77.4% actual, 79.0% predicted).
New Kent County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $123,314, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Kent County's 7 public schools enroll about 3,572 students and include New Kent Elementary.
New Kent Middle sits about 0.1 miles from New Kent Elementary. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, New Kent Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns New Kent Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
New Kent Elementary had 603 students in 2020-21 and 601 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio was 13.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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New Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,105
Census ACS
Median income
$123,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,572 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Kent County Public Schools
- New Kent HighHigh · 1,073 students
- New Kent MiddleMiddle · 829 students
- Quinton ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- George W. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Other schools in New Kent
- New Kent HighHigh · 1,073 students
- New Kent MiddleMiddle · 829 students
- Bridging Communities Reg Career & Technical CenterElementary
- Bridging Communities STEM AcademyElementary
Nearby schools
- New Kent Middle0.1 mi · 829
- New Kent High0.4 mi · 1,073
- George W. Watkins Elementary6.4 mi · 510
- Quinton Elementary10.6 mi · 559
- West Point Middle/High10.7 mi · 434
- West Point Elementary10.8 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About New Kent ElementaryHow many students attend New Kent Elementary?
New Kent Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
Is New Kent Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Kent Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at New Kent Elementary?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at New Kent Elementary.
How diverse is New Kent Elementary?
New Kent Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is New Kent Elementary public or private?
New Kent Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Kent County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.