Warwick High

Warwick High operates as a middle-of-the-pack high school in Newport News, Virginia, part of Newport News City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,622 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Newport News City Public Schools comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 25,882 students; Warwick High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Warwick High reports that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Warwick High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Warwick High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.7%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the broader community, Newport News city reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,634 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Warwick High is one of 48 public schools in Newport News city (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students).

The closest other public school is Homer L. Hines Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Warwick High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Warwick High's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,534 (now 1,622). White enrollment moved from 28% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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