Newport News City Public Schools

Newport News, Virginia · 26,531 students · 43 schools

Enrollment

26,531

Schools

Location

Newport News, Virginia

COSMIQ projected accountability rating

Meets

on Virginia's tier accountability scale

Confidence 70% Data completeness 100% Based on 2021–22 data

This is an independent estimate generated by COSMIQ's open Rating Predictor from public math & reading proficiency — it is not an official Virginia rating, and states weight many additional factors.

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Proficiency trend

Percent of students proficient on the state assessment.

School year	Math	Reading / ELA
2015–16	55.2%	66.6%
2016–17	—	66.3%
2017–18	69.3%	62.1%

Where this district could improve

Math proficiency
Worth 50% of the formula; you're at 60% of max points.
ELA proficiency
Worth 50% of the formula; you're at 60% of max points.

Schools in this district

WOODSIDE HIGHNewport News, VA 1,807 students MENCHVILLE HIGHNewport News, VA 1,788 students WARWICK HIGHNewport News, VA 1,645 students DENBIGH HIGHNewport News, VA 1,225 students ETHEL M. GILDERSLEEVE MIDDLENewport News, VA 1,130 students HERITAGE HIGHNewport News, VA 1,111 students ELLA J. FITZGERALD MIDDLENewport News, VA 1,060 students MARY PASSAGE MIDDLENewport News, VA 944 students HOMER L. HINES MIDDLENewport News, VA 877 students CRITTENDEN MIDDLENewport News, VA 740 students Joseph H. Saunders ElementaryNewport News, VA 621 students

Methodology & sources

NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) directory (as of 2018)
U.S. Dept. of Education EDFacts assessment results (as of 2018)
Virginia accountability framework (tier). Phase 1a uses math+ELA proficiency only with generic regime cutpoints; per-state component weights ship in Phase 1b. (as of 2026-05-27)

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COSMIQ. (2026). Newport News City Public Schools — school district profile. Retrieved August 23, 2026, from https://getcosmiq.app/schools/VA/newport-news-city-public-schools

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Data last refreshed August 8, 2026.