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If you could change one rule at Waterview Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTSMOUTH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510300001253
Waterview Elementary
3649 Hartford St, Portsmouth, VA 23707 · (757) 393-8879 · Portsmouth city
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
574 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
38.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Waterview Elementary
Waterview Elementary's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterview Elementary this school | 576 | 99.7% | 36.4% |
| Cradock Elementary Portsmouth | 616 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
| Discovery STEM Academy Newport News | 561 | 98.9% | 47.3% |
| Sussex Central Elementary Stony Creek | 478 | 99.4% | 73.1% |
| A.W.E. Bassette Elementary Hampton | 486 | 92.2% | 65.6% |
| Edwin A. Gibson Elementary Danville | 466 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
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 Waterview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Portsmouth city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,085 of 1,101 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,086 of 1,111 ▼ 33 | #12 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,092 of 1,111 ▼ 55 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #410 of 1,176 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #808 of 1,105 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #819 of 1,106 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #140 of 1,157 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #420 of 759 | #6 of 10 |
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
576
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 576 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 100% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 98% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 41.5 | 15.6:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 36 | 20.9:1 | 60% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 48% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waterview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (646 to 576); teachers down 8% (41.5 to 38).
About Waterview Elementary
Waterview Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Portsmouth, Virginia. Federal data show 576 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Portsmouth City Public Schools is the district for Waterview Elementary. It has 22 schools and 12,905 students.
More than half of enrollment at Waterview Elementary is Black: 71%. The remaining shares are 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Portsmouth city as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waterview Elementary scores 47%.
Waterview Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Portsmouth city is close, at 101%.
Waterview Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Waterview Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools: 36.4% actual against 61.0% predicted.
Census data for Portsmouth city show the median household earns about $60,491 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Waterview Elementary, Portsmouth city has 24 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Mount Hermon Preschool Center, is the closest to Waterview Elementary. Waterview Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.8% proficiency; Waterview Elementary posts 36.4%.
Waterview Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
The school shrank from 610 students in 2020-21 to 576 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.5:1 to 15.2:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Waterview Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Portsmouth city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,190
Census ACS
Median income
$60,491
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portsmouth City Public Schools
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Hermon Preschool Center0.5 mi · 208
- Westhaven Elementary0.8 mi · 401
- Simonsdale Elementary1.5 mi · 613
- I.C. Norcom High1.5 mi · 1,009
- Douglass Park Elementary1.7 mi · 510
- Park View Elementary1.9 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Waterview ElementaryHow many students attend Waterview Elementary?
Waterview Elementary enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-06.
Is Waterview Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waterview Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Waterview Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Waterview Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waterview Elementary?
At Waterview Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 7% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Waterview Elementary?
Waterview Elementary is overseen by Portsmouth City Public Schools in Portsmouth city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.