Willis A. Jenkins Elementary…, Newport News, VA

At a glance

School district: Newport News City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public
Principal: Ebony Griffin
Established: 1967
Mascot & colors: Jaguars
Enrollment: 507 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 19:1
Classroom teachers: 27 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510264001077

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

49%

Mathematics

53%

Science

57%

History & Social Sci.

42%

Attendance

2024-2025

18.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Willis A. Jenkins Elementary School

Willis A. Jenkins Elementary School is a public PK-5 school in the Newport News City Public Schools division, located at 80 Menchville Road in the Menchville area of northern Newport News, Virginia. The school is named for Willis Asbury Jenkins (1860-1929), a pioneering local educator who served as superintendent of Newport News schools from 1901 to 1911 and was credited with starting a kindergarten and organizing teacher conferences. The school received the Jenkins name in 1967.

The school serves a diverse student body of roughly 507 students and, as of the 2025-2026 school year, holds Fully Accredited status from the Virginia Department of Education. It sits in a residential section of the Denbigh/Menchville part of the city on the Virginia Peninsula, near the Warwick River.

Contact

Phone: (757) 881-5400
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Public School Detail — NCES ID, grades served, total enrollment, enrollment by grade, student/teacher ratio, FTE teachers, locale classification2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Willis A. Jenkins Elementary — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, demographics, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
PublicSchoolReview - Willis A. Jenkins Elementary — Corroboration of enrollment, student-teacher ratio, and race/ethnicity breakdown2024-2025 link ↗
Jenkins Elementary School official site (Newport News City Public Schools) — Principal, phone number, office hours, mascot2026 link ↗
Newport News City Public Schools - School Namesakes & History — Namesake history (Willis Asbury Jenkins), 1967 naming yearhistorical link ↗

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