Crittenden Middle School, Newport News, VA

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Public middle school (Math, Science & Technology / STEM magnet)
Principal: Lisa Gatz-Daniel
Established: 1995 · this campus 1949
Mascot & colors: Cougar · Purple, Silver
Enrollment: 781 students (2024-2025)
Accreditation: Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001237

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

51%

Mathematics

50%

Science

55%

History & Social Sci.

51%

Attendance

2024-2025

21.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Crittenden Middle School

Crittenden Middle School occupies a building on Jefferson Avenue in southeast Newport News that was originally constructed in 1949 as George Washington Carver High School, a school for Black students during the segregation era. The building later operated as Carver Intermediate School until 1971 and went through several changes before reopening in 1995 as Flora D. Crittenden Middle School. It is named for Flora Lonette Davis Crittenden (1924-2021), a longtime Newport News educator, guidance counselor, and civil rights figure who taught at Carver and later served eleven years in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Since 1995 the school has operated as Newport News' science, mathematics, and technology magnet, serving grades 6-8 while also offering a comprehensive general-studies program. It sits within Newport News City Public Schools in the lower-peninsula section of the Hampton Roads region.

Contact

Phone: (757) 591-4900
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. (student day 8:10 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.)

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Crittenden Middle — NCES ID, address, phone, grades, total enrollment (781) and by-grade counts, locale, school type, charter status, race/ethnicity counts, free-lunch eligibility2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Crittenden Middle — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, demographics (race/ethnicity %, economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities), chronic absenteeism, enrollment (785)SY 2024-2025 / accreditation SY 2025-2026 link ↗
Crittenden Middle School official website — Principal, phone, office/school hours, STEM magnet program, website URL2025-2026 link ↗
Flora D. Crittenden - Wikipedia — Namesake biography, 1995 renaming from George Washington Carver High School, magnet history, 1949 building datecurrent link ↗
Newport News Public Schools - School Namesakes & History — School history and namesake backgroundcurrent link ↗

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