Woodside High

Woodside High is a 9-12 campus of medium-sized scale in Newport News, Virginia, overseen by Newport News City Public Schools, teacheing 1,723 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,213 students per school, that is 42% bigger than typical.

Woodside High is one of 40 schools operated by Newport News City Public Schools, a district that hosts 25,882 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Woodside High reports that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Woodside High has 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Woodside High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodside High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 74.0%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Newport News city indicate median household earnings sit near $69,634, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Woodside High is one of 48 public schools in Newport News city (combined enrollment of about 25,882 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oliver C. Greenwood Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Woodside High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodside High has contracted 11%, going from 1,933 students in 2018 to 1,723 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 12% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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