Stoney Run Elementary

Stoney Run Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Newport News, Virginia, operated by Newport News City Public Schools. The school caters to 453 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Newport News City Public Schools runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 25,882 students. Stoney Run Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Stoney Run Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Stoney Run Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Stoney Run Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.0%; actual is 44.5%, a gap of -16.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Newport News city shows median household earnings sit near $69,634, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Newport News city runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students), of which Stoney Run Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Denbigh High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stoney Run Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

Stoney Run Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stoney Run Elementary's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 453). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 58% to 49%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.