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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001077
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary
80 Menchville Road, Newport News, VA 23602 · (757) 881-5400 · Newport News city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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
18.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
507 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
64%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
49.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Willis A. Jenkins Elementary
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis A. Jenkins Elementary this school | 507 | 100.0% | 53.5% |
| Granby Elementary Norfolk | 464 | 99.6% | 48.8% |
| Patrick Copeland Elementary Hopewell | 579 | 100.0% | 45.9% |
| Roanoke Academy For Mathematics & Science Elementary Roanoke | 464 | 99.4% | 57.1% |
| Katherine Johnson Elementary Newport News | 553 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| Stoney Run Elementary Newport News | 453 | 99.6% | 44.5% |
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 Willis A. Jenkins Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #937 of 1,101 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #992 of 1,111 ▼ 121 | #16 of 24 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,022 of 1,111 ▼ 85 | #19 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #560 of 1,176 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,085 of 1,105 | #18 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #456 of 1,106 | #14 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #115 of 1,157 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #41 of 324 | N/A |
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
507
+92 (+22%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
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 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 100% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 98% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 90% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 84% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 77% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 68% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willis A. Jenkins Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (414 to 507); teachers up 4% (26 to 27).
About Willis A. Jenkins Elementary
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Newport News, Virginia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 507 students in 2024-25.
Newport News City Public Schools oversees Willis A. Jenkins Elementary and 39 other schools, with 25,882 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Willis A. Jenkins Elementary, about 54 are Black. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 41%. The diversity index for Willis A. Jenkins Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, Willis A. Jenkins Elementary has a ratio of 18.8:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The figure for public schools in Newport News city is close, at 98%.
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Willis A. Jenkins Elementary's results are 7.4 points below predicted: 53.5% against 60.9%.
The school's county is Newport News city. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $69,634, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newport News city's 48 public schools enroll about 25,882 students and include Willis A. Jenkins Elementary.
Menchville High sits about 0.9 miles from Willis A. Jenkins Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 53.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The school grew from 415 students in 2020-21 to 507 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.0:1 to 18.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Willis A. Jenkins Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Menchville High0.9 mi · 1,707
- B.C. Charles Elementary1.2 mi · 388
- T. Ryland Sanford Elementary1.3 mi · 498
- Richard T. Yates Elementary1.6 mi · 448
- L.F. Palmer Elementary1.8 mi · 465
- Denbigh High1.9 mi · 1,269
Frequently asked questions
About Willis A. Jenkins ElementaryHow many students attend Willis A. Jenkins Elementary?
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
Is Willis A. Jenkins Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Willis A. Jenkins Elementary have?
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Willis A. Jenkins Elementary?
Student demographics at Willis A. Jenkins Elementary are roughly 17% White, 19% Hispanic, 54% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Willis A. Jenkins Elementary?
Willis A. Jenkins Elementary is overseen by Newport News City Public Schools in Newport News city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.