Elementary · Virginia
Joseph H. Saunders Elementary
Free meals for allJoseph H. Saunders Elementary, a public elementary school in Newport News, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 660 students, 18.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newport News City Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 660
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared
More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared
Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Virginia: 72%45%proficient
−7.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 72% · 1,109 elementary schools compared
323 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%49%proficient
+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 91% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 74% · 1,109 elementary schools compared
325 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Newport News City Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 853 Harpersville Rd, Newport News, VA 23601
- Phone
- (757)591-4781
- City or town
- Newport News
- County
- Newport News city
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deer Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 433 | 18.0 | 91% | 93% |
| K–5 | 630 | 15.4 | 83% | 84% | |
| K–5 | 631 | 15.4 | 88% | 89% | |
| K–5 | 707 | 16.4 | 91% | 91% | |
L.F. Palmer ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 465 | 17.9 | 57% | 59% |
George P. Phenix ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 1,438 | 9.6 | 78% | 78% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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