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What's one community event at Newtown Elementary more people should show up to?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001704
Newtown Elementary
5277 Learning Circle, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 · (757) 648-3120 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
396 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 199 | 49% |
| Grade 3 | 201 | 49% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Newtown Elementary→Williams Elementary
Based on grade levels within Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
58.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Newtown Elementary
Newtown Elementary's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Elementary this school | 409 | 96.8% | 54.8% |
| Southampton Elementary Richmond | 473 | 98.3% | 42.3% |
| Edwin A. Gibson Elementary Danville | 466 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
| Paul Burbank Elementary Hampton | 432 | 90.7% | 65.5% |
| Roanoke Academy For Mathematics & Science Elementary Roanoke | 464 | 99.4% | 57.1% |
| Luther W. Machen Elementary Hampton | 430 | 95.1% | 65.5% |
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 Newtown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #920 of 1,101 | #52 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #923 of 1,111 ▲ 47 | #52 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,006 of 1,111 ▼ 118 | #54 of 54 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #791 of 1,176 | #49 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #41 of 1,105 | #2 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #698 of 1,106 | #44 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #233 of 1,157 | #7 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #184 of 759 | #5 of 40 |
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
409
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 898
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 409 | 39 | 10.5:1 | 97% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 42 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 98% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 35.7 | 14.3:1 | 79% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 74% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 71% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 76 | 10.5:1 | 83% (665) |
| 1990-91 | 898 | 54 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newtown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (510 to 409); teachers up 9% (35.7 to 39).
About Newtown Elementary
Newtown Elementary is a public elementary school run by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 409 students in grades 2 through 3.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools counts 82 schools and 64,731 students, including Newtown Elementary.
Roughly 65% of students at Newtown Elementary are Black. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 9% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Virginia Beach city, the Black share is about 19%. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 10.5:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Newtown Elementary is 97%. The 49% average for public schools in Virginia Beach city is 48 points lower.
Newtown Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Newtown Elementary is 7.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.8% actual, 61.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
Among Virginia Beach city residents, the median household income is $92,968, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Newtown Elementary, Virginia Beach city has 88 other public schools.
The closest public school, Diamond Springs Elementary, is about 0.3 miles from Newtown Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Newtown Elementary places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Newtown Elementary is City: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 14 students since 2020-21, to 409. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.8:1 to 10.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Newtown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Newtown Elementary. Newtown Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Newtown Elementary SchoolNewtown, PA · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Diamond Springs Elementary0.3 mi · 467
- Williams Elementary0.3 mi · 443
- Bayside Middle0.4 mi · 628
- Bayside High0.8 mi · 1,984
- Luxford Elementary1.2 mi · 476
- Bayside 6th Grade Campus1.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Newtown ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Newtown Elementary?
Newtown Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades 02-03.
What grades does Newtown Elementary serve?
Newtown Elementary serves grades 02-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newtown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newtown Elementary is approximately 10.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newtown Elementary?
At Newtown Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 15% Hispanic, 65% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Newtown Elementary public or private?
Newtown Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.