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Deer Park Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newport News, Newport News city. The school has 517 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newport News City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 74% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Deer Park Elementary enrolls 517 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 31% White and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 245 | 47% |
| White | 159 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 8.5% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 517 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Deer Park Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-30, state senate district 1, state house district 94.
Deer Park Elementary is one of 43 schools in Newport News City Public Schools, based in Newport News, Virginia. The district serves 25,882 students district-wide and employs 1,737 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 517 students, Deer Park Elementary is close to the district average of about 602 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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