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Which teacher or staff member at Newsome Park Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001065
Newsome Park Elementary
4200 Marshall Ave, Newport News, VA 23607 · (757) 928-6810 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
380 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 9 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
Student demographics
26%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
43.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
45.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +18.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 18 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Newsome Park Elementary
Newsome Park Elementary's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsome Park Elementary this school | 386 | 98.4% | 37.6% |
| Westview Early Childhood Education Center Petersburg | 418 | 94.0% | N/A |
| George W. Carver Elementary Richmond | 404 | 99.8% | 18.9% |
| Brighton Elementary Portsmouth | 483 | 99.4% | 41.3% |
| Richard Bowling Elementary Norfolk | 492 | 99.8% | 45.3% |
| Woodberry Hills Elementary Danville | 377 | 92.3% | 43.9% |
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 Newsome Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,073 of 1,101 | #24 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,060 of 1,111 ▲ 11 | #23 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,066 of 1,111 ▲ 31 | #24 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #847 of 1,176 | #23 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #845 of 1,105 | #5 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,008 of 1,106 | #27 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #203 of 1,157 | #25 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #272 of 759 | #12 of 25 |
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
386
-113 (-23%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 98% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 96% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 91% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 81% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 98% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 90% (607) |
| 2000-01 | 734 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 47 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newsome Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (459 to 386); teachers down 22% (32 to 25).
About Newsome Park Elementary
Newsome Park Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Newport News, Virginia. It reported 386 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Besides Newsome Park Elementary, Newport News City Public Schools runs 39 other schools. The district enrolls 25,882 students.
By race and ethnicity, Newsome Park Elementary is 85% Black. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 41% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
Newsome Park Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at Newsome Park Elementary. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
Newsome Park Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Newsome Park Elementary scores 23.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 37.6% actual versus 61.3% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Newport News city is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $69,634, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newport News city's 48 public schools enroll about 25,882 students and include Newsome Park Elementary.
Achievable Dream Middle/High sits about 0.6 miles from Newsome Park Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Newsome Park Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
Newsome Park Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 23% decline took enrollment from 499 in 2020-21 to 386 in 2024-25.
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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
- Achievable Dream Middle/High0.6 mi · 498
- B.T. Washington Middle0.7 mi · 413
- Huntington Middle0.8 mi · 292
- Heritage High0.8 mi · 1,106
- John Marshall Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 213
- Discovery STEM Academy1.4 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Newsome Park ElementaryHow large is Newsome Park Elementary?
Newsome Park Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Newsome Park Elementary serve?
Newsome Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Newsome Park Elementary have?
Newsome Park Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Newsome Park Elementary?
Newsome Park Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 85% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Newsome Park Elementary in?
Newsome Park Elementary is part of Newport News City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.