Homer L. Hines Middle School, Newport News, VA

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Public
Principal: Dr. Nicole Arrington
Established: 1979
Mascot & colors: Spartans · Purple, White
Enrollment: 846 students (2024-2025)
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001050

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

61%

Mathematics

53%

Science

65%

History & Social Sci.

63%

Attendance

2024-2025

27.2% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Homer L. Hines Middle School

Homer L. Hines Middle School is a public middle school (grades 6-8) in the Newport News City Public Schools division, located at 561 McLawhorne Drive in Newport News, Virginia. The school operated previously as Carver Intermediate School and was renamed by the School Board in 1979 to honor Homer Leroy Hines (1912-1984), a longtime mathematics and science teacher and principal of the former Carver high and elementary schools who later served as the division's federal project director before retiring in 1977.

The school sits in a residential area of the Menchville/Denbigh section of northern Newport News on the Virginia Peninsula. Its teams and student body carry the Spartans identity. In the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled roughly 846-848 students across grades 6 through 8 and held Fully Accredited status from the Virginia Department of Education.

Contact

Phone: (757) 591-4878
Office hours: 7:30 AM - 4:15 PM

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - School Detail — NCES ID, address, phone, grades, total enrollment and by-grade (846; 299/275/272), locale (City Midsize), district, race/ethnicity counts, free/reduced lunch. Student/teacher ratio and FTE flagged as not meeting quality standards.2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Homer L. Hines Middle — Accreditation (Fully Accredited, SY2025-2026), SOL overall pass rates (Reading 61, Math 53, Science 65, History 63), demographics (econ disadv 64.9%, EL 7.9%, SWD 16.5%, race/ethnicity %), enrollment (848), chronic absenteeism 27.2%2024-2025 / 2025-2026 link ↗
Hines Middle School official website — Address (561 McLawhorne Drive), phone (757) 591-4878, office hours 7:30 AM-4:15 PM, principal Dr. Nicole Arrington, Spartans mascot2026 (current) link ↗
Newport News Public Schools - School Namesakes & History — Founding/naming history: renamed from Carver Intermediate to Hines Middle in 1979 after Homer Leroy Hines (1912-1984)Historical link ↗
Wikimedia Commons media search — Confirmed no freely-licensed photo of the school exists on Commons (photo returned null)2026 link ↗

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

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