Deer Park Elementary School, Newport News, VA

Deer Park Elementary School phone & website

Phone: (757) 591-7470
Principal: Scott Meadows
Address: 11541 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23601

Score breakdown

Compared against all 1,074 Virginia public elementary schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

9.5 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 90.6% across all subjects — 94th percentile statewide.

9.5 · Academic progress

95% of students showed growth in reading and 94% in math — 95th percentile.

7.0 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 7.1% — better attendance than 67% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 9.0 for 2025–26, compared with 8.9 for 2024–25 — up 0.1.

Test scores by subject

Percent of students passing Virginia SOL tests, 2025–26.

This school Virginia average

Grade 5 Science

94%state 69%

Virginia Studies

91%state 71%

Grade 3 Mathematics

90%state 74%

Grade 4 Mathematics

90%state 73%

Grade 5 Mathematics

97%state 72%

Grade 3 English Reading

79%state 68%

Grade 4 English Reading

96%state 74%

Grade 5 English Reading

90%state 73%

Source: Virginia Department of Education, School Quality Profiles — SOL pass rates, 2025–26.

Deer Park Elementary School & its school zone

Deer Park Elementary School is a public elementary school in Newport News, VA 11541, part of Newport News Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Deer Park Elementary School are shopping this Newport News school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Newport News elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 9.0/10 — above the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 8.9 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 90.6%, with standout results in Grade 5 Mathematics (97% vs a 72% state average) and Grade 5 Science (94% vs a 69% state average). On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 95% of students showed growth in English reading and 94% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 7.1%, better than the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Newport News school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Deer Park Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Newport News Public Schools before making a housing decision based on school zone.

How the VaHome School Score works

Test scores (50%): the school's SOL pass rate across all subjects, ranked against every Virginia public school of the same level.
Academic progress (30%): Virginia's growth rates — the share of students who showed year-over-year growth in English reading and in math — ranked statewide.
Attendance (20%): chronic absenteeism, ranked statewide (lower is better).
What changed for 2025–26: Virginia retired the accreditation “combined rate” we used for academic progress in 2024–25, so progress now uses the state's student growth rates. Virginia publishes no growth measure for high schools, so their 20% now goes to attendance. The year-over-year comparison at the top uses the score we published for 2024–25; part of a school's change can come from this method update.
The weighted statewide percentile maps to a score from 1.0 to 10.0: score = 1 + 9 × percentile. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.
Every input is public data from the Virginia Department of Education, refreshed each school year. No opinions, no black box — you can check our math.

Data: Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles (2025–26) · NCES. VaHome is not affiliated with VDOE, NCES, or GreatSchools.

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public magnet (Environmental Science Magnet)
Enrollment: 433 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 18:1
Classroom teachers: 24 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001637

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

88%

Mathematics

92%

Science

94%

History & Social Sci.

91%

Attendance

2025-2026

7.1% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Deer Park Elementary School

Deer Park Elementary is a public pre-kindergarten through grade 5 environmental science magnet school in the Newport News City Public Schools division, located at 11541 Jefferson Avenue in central Newport News, Virginia. The school takes its name from the adjacent Deer Park, a multi-use 50-acre park that was once a state game sanctuary for white-tailed deer. Its magnet program organizes learning around the integrating themes of land, water, and air, with a STEM emphasis on discovery and exploration. Deer Park was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2016.

The campus sits on Jefferson Avenue just south of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, in a midsize-city setting on the Virginia Peninsula. As of the 2024-2025 school year the school enrolled approximately 433 students across grades PK-5 and employed about 24 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Deer Park Elementary ↗ — NCES ID, address, phone, grades (PK-5), total enrollment (433), FTE teachers (24.00), student/teacher ratio (18.04), locale (City Midsize 12), charter status, race/ethnicity counts, free-lunch counts2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Deer Park Elementary ↗ — Accreditation status (Fully Accredited, SY2025-26), SOL pass rates (Reading 91, Math 93, Science 97, History 88), demographics, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD percentages, chronic absenteeism (6.2%), principal, enrollment (437)SOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Newport News Public Schools - School Namesakes & History ↗ — Namesake and neighborhood context (adjacent 50-acre Deer Park, former state game sanctuary; Jefferson Ave location)current
National Blue Ribbon Schools - Deer Park Elementary award page ↗ — 2016 National Blue Ribbon School recognition2016
Deer Park Elementary official website ↗ — Official website URL, environmental science magnet program descriptioncurrent

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

Deer Park Elementary School