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Stoney Run Elementary School

Formerly Horace H. Epes Elementary School

855 Lucas Creek Rd, Newport News, VA 23608

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.7/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.9/10
Below state average
▼ Down 0.2 from 2024–25
VaHome School Score

Rating: VaHome School Score, computed from Virginia Department of Education data (2025–26) — methodology on this page. Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE. School boundaries can change — verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

Stoney Run Elementary School phone & hours

Phone
(757) 886-7755
Hours
7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Principal
Karnesha Ford
Address
855 Lucas Creek Rd, Newport News, VA 23608
Official school website ↗

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.

1.5 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 45.7% across all subjects — 5th percentile statewide.

1.8 · Academic progress

65% of students showed growth in reading and 65% in math — 9th percentile.

2.2 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 15.3% — better attendance than 13% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.7 for 2025–26, compared with 1.9 for 2024–25 — down 0.2.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
42%state 69%
Virginia Studies
41%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
53%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
39%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
49%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
45%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
48%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
46%state 73%

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

Stoney Run Elementary School & its school zone

Stoney Run Elementary School serves Newport News, VA 23608 students as a public elementary school in Newport News Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Stoney Run 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 1.7/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 1.9 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 45.7%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 65% of students showed growth in English reading and 65% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, compared with 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 Stoney Run 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 elementary school
Enrollment
462 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
17:1
Classroom teachers
26 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510264001054
Former name
Horace H. Epes Elementary School

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
46%
Mathematics
48%
Science
42%
History & Social Sci.
41%

Attendance

2025-2026

15.3% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Stoney Run Elementary School

The school at 855 Lucas Creek Road in Newport News, Virginia, operated for decades as Horace H. Epes Elementary School, named for Horace Hardaway Epes (1849-1912), an early Newport News educator. In May 2021 the Newport News School Board voted unanimously to rename the school Stoney Run Elementary School, one of four district schools renamed at that time; the new name reflects the surrounding Stoney Run community. The building, address, and NCES identifier (510264001054) carried over unchanged, so records under the Epes name and the Stoney Run name refer to the same school.

Stoney Run Elementary is part of Newport News City Public Schools and serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 5. It sits in the Denbigh section of northern Newport News, in a mid-size-city setting, and enrolled roughly 450 students in the 2024-2025 school year. The school was Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

Data sources

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.

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