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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Richneck Elementary?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001071
Richneck Elementary
205 Tyner Drive, Newport News, VA 23608 · (757) 886-7772 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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
19.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
500 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
70%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
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Richneck Elementary
Richneck Elementary's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richneck Elementary this school | 502 | 99.6% | 55.1% |
| T. Ryland Sanford Elementary Newport News | 498 | 99.0% | 58.8% |
| Riverside Elementary Newport News | 506 | 99.0% | 48.8% |
| Willis A. Jenkins Elementary Newport News | 507 | 100.0% | 53.5% |
| Larrymore Elementary Norfolk | 584 | 99.5% | 69.0% |
| Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary Newport News | 549 | 100.0% | 49.6% |
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 Richneck Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #913 of 1,101 | #12 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #892 of 1,111 ▼ 38 | #12 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #818 of 1,111 ▼ 69 | #10 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #576 of 1,176 | #10 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,089 of 1,105 | #20 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #211 of 1,106 | #5 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #144 of 1,157 | #16 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #68 of 759 | #4 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
502
-125 (-20%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 97% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 30.3 | 18.4:1 | 90% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 34 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 37.5 | 18.4:1 | 55% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 52% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 40% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 30% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 38 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richneck Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (691 to 502); teachers down 31% (37.5 to 26).
About Richneck Elementary
In Newport News, Virginia, part of Newport News city, Richneck Elementary is an elementary school. School enrollment was 502 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Newport News City Public Schools (40 schools, 25,882 students) runs Richneck Elementary.
Richneck Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 45%. The school is also 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 41% Black share among all Newport News city residents. Richneck Elementary has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Richneck Elementary, 26 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.3:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Newport News city.
allk12 grades Richneck Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Richneck Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 55.1% actual against 61.0% predicted.
Within Newport News city, median household income is about $69,634, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Newport News city number 48 and enroll about 25,882.
George J. McIntosh Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Richneck Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Richneck Elementary went from 627 students to 502.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- George J. McIntosh Elementary0.7 mi · 446
- Woodside High1.1 mi · 1,723
- Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary1.3 mi · 549
- Mary Passage Middle1.4 mi · 931
- Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle1.6 mi · 988
- Denbigh Early Childhood Center1.8 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Richneck ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Richneck Elementary?
Richneck Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
Is Richneck Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richneck Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Richneck Elementary have?
Richneck Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Richneck Elementary?
Student demographics at Richneck Elementary are roughly 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 45% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Richneck Elementary in?
Richneck 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.