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What's one thing Richard T. Yates Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001070
Richard T. Yates Elementary
73 Maxwell Ln, Newport News, VA 23606 · (757) 881-5450 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
22.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
438 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 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
68%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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Richard T. Yates Elementary
Richard T. Yates Elementary's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard T. Yates Elementary this school | 448 | 97.8% | 64.5% |
| B.C. Charles Elementary Newport News | 388 | 99.7% | 60.5% |
| Ghent K-8 Norfolk | 501 | 99.4% | 84.1% |
| Knollwood Meadows Elementary Newport News | 460 | 99.6% | 65.0% |
| Bedford Hills Elementary Lynchburg | 402 | 98.0% | 59.9% |
| William Fox Elementary Richmond | 367 | 100.0% | 73.9% |
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 Richard T. Yates Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #735 of 1,101 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #871 of 1,111 ▼ 87 | #11 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #743 of 1,111 ▲ 5 | #6 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #714 of 1,176 | #16 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #1,104 of 1,105 | #27 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #299 of 1,106 | #7 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #219 of 1,157 | #27 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #448 of 759 | #16 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
448
+47 (+12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 98% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 98% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 92% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 49% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 47% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 41% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 32% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 26 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard T. Yates Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (499 to 448); teachers down 26% (27 to 20).
About Richard T. Yates Elementary
Richard T. Yates Elementary, located in Newport News, Virginia, is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 448 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Richard T. Yates Elementary is one of the 40 schools that make up Newport News City Public Schools (25,882 students in total).
The student body at Richard T. Yates Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. The remaining shares are 38% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Newport News city overall, the White share is about 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 20 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is lower. Of all students at Richard T. Yates Elementary, 98% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Newport News city average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard T. Yates Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Richard T. Yates Elementary would score about 61.5%. It scores 64.5%, 3.0 points above that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Newport News city show that the median household earns about $69,634 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Newport News city has 48 public schools with about 25,882 students, including Richard T. Yates Elementary.
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Richard T. Yates Elementary places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Richard T. Yates Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 448, compared with 401 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.0:1 to 22.4:1.
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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
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle1.2 mi · 1,087
- L.F. Palmer Elementary1.4 mi · 465
- Menchville High1.5 mi · 1,707
- Willis A. Jenkins Elementary1.6 mi · 507
- Hidenwood Elementary1.7 mi · 476
- B.C. Charles Elementary1.7 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Richard T. Yates ElementaryHow many students attend Richard T. Yates Elementary?
Richard T. Yates Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Richard T. Yates Elementary serve?
Richard T. Yates Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard T. Yates Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard T. Yates Elementary is approximately 22.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard T. Yates Elementary?
At Richard T. Yates Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 10% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Richard T. Yates Elementary public or private?
Richard T. Yates Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newport News City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.