David A. Dutrow Elementary S…, Newport News, VA

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public elementary magnet school (Global Studies Magnet Program)
Principal: Karen Brown
Established: 1974
Enrollment: 341 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 17:1
Classroom teachers: 20 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001044

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

62%

Mathematics

65%

Science

67%

History & Social Sci.

55%

Attendance

2024-2025

8.8% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About David A. Dutrow Elementary School

David A. Dutrow Elementary School opened in 1974 and is part of Newport News City Public Schools. It is named for David Andrew Dutrow (1884-1936), who served as the city's superintendent of schools from 1913 to 1921. The school serves students in grades PK-5 and operates a Global Studies Magnet Program built around inquiry-based learning and world-language study (Spanish or French).

The campus sits at 60 Curtis Tignor Road in the Denbigh section of northern Newport News, just west of Warwick Boulevard. It is classified by the federal government as a midsize-city locale. For 2024-2025 the school enrolled 341 students and employed 20 classroom teachers (FTE), for a student-teacher ratio of about 17 to 1.

Contact

Phone: (757) 886-7760
Office hours: Office 8:30 am - 4:45 pm; student day 9:20 am - 3:55 pm

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - School Detail — NCES ID, address, phone, district, grades, total enrollment, enrollment by grade, teachers FTE, student/teacher ratio, locale, race/ethnicity counts, free-lunch eligibility2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - David A. Dutrow Elementary — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, demographic percentages, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Dutrow Elementary School official website — Principal, phone, office/school hours, Global Studies Magnet Program2026 link ↗
Newport News Public Schools - School Namesakes & History — Namesake (David Andrew Dutrow, superintendent 1913-1921), founding year 1974, Denbigh-area locationhistorical link ↗

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