Hidenwood Elementary School, Newport News, VA

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Regular public elementary school
Principal: Nyema Gibbs
Mascot & colors: Huskies
Enrollment: 476 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 15:1
Classroom teachers: 32 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001051

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

54%

Mathematics

61%

Science

53%

History & Social Sci.

52%

Attendance

2024-2025

20.1% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Hidenwood Elementary School

Hidenwood Elementary School is a regular public elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, serving grades pre-kindergarten through 5 as part of Newport News City Public Schools. It is located at 501 Blount Point Road, in the Hidenwood section of the city. The school's mascot is the Huskies.

The school takes its name from the surrounding Hidenwood neighborhood, which lies off Warwick Boulevard just west of the campus of Christopher Newport University. Hidenwood was developed in the 1950s in an area of the former Warwick County originally known as Nutmeg Quarter in the Colony of Virginia. No specific founding year for the school itself was documented in the sources reviewed.

Contact

Phone: (757) 591-4766
Office hours: 8:30 AM - 4:45 PM (school hours 9:20 AM - 3:55 PM)

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Hidenwood Elementary — NCES School ID, district, grades served, enrollment total and by grade, teachers FTE, student/teacher ratio, locale, race/ethnicity counts, free/reduced lunch2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Hidenwood Elementary — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading/math/science/history), demographics percentages, economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Hidenwood Elementary School official website — Principal, phone, office hours, school hours, mascot2026 link ↗
Newport News Public Schools — School Namesakes & History — Neighborhood naming history and settingn/a link ↗

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