Newtown Elementary

Set in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Newtown Elementary is a compact elementary campus, part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools. It instructs 409 students across grades 2 through 3.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 64,731 students. Newtown Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Newtown Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 15% Hispanic, 9% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Newtown Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

With demographic context factored in, Newtown Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

In the area at large, Virginia Beach city reports that median household income runs about $92,968, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Virginia Beach city's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), Newtown Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Diamond Springs Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Newtown Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.0%.

Newtown Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Newtown Elementary's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 409). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 72% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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