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Waterview Elementary School

Formerly John Tyler Elementary School

3649 Hartford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.6/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.4/10
Below state average
▲ Up 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.

Waterview Elementary School phone & website

Phone
(757) 393-8879
Principal
James Trewartha
Address
3649 Hartford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707
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 46.1% across all subjects — 5th percentile statewide.

2.0 · Academic progress

59% of students showed growth in reading and 72% in math — 11th percentile.

1.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 26.6% — better attendance than 1% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.6 for 2025–26, compared with 1.4 for 2024–25 — up 0.2.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
49%state 69%
Virginia Studies
31%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
45%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
33%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
66%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
48%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
36%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
44%state 73%

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

Waterview Elementary School & its school zone

Waterview Elementary School serves Portsmouth, VA 23707 students as a public elementary school in Portsmouth Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Waterview Elementary School are shopping this Portsmouth school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Portsmouth elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 1.6/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 1.4 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 46.1%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 59% of students showed growth in English reading and 72% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 26.6%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Portsmouth school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Waterview Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Portsmouth 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
Portsmouth City Public Schools
Grades served
K-6
School type
Public elementary school
Established
2002
Enrollment
575 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
15:1
Classroom teachers
38 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001253
Former name
John Tyler Elementary School

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
43%
Mathematics
52%
Science
49%
History & Social Sci.
31%

Attendance

2025-2026

26.6% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Waterview Elementary School

The school at 3649 Hartford Street opened in September 2002 as John Tyler Elementary School, part of Portsmouth City Public Schools. In 2021 the Portsmouth School Board voted 8-1 to rename three schools that honored Confederate figures or segregationists; effective July 1, 2021, John Tyler Elementary was renamed Waterview Elementary School. (The former U.S. president John Tyler had joined the Confederate government late in his life.) The two names refer to the same building and NCES record.

The school serves the London Oaks, Waterview, Port Norfolk, West Park View, Shea Terrace and Glenshellah sections of Portsmouth, in the city's west/Waterview area. It enrolls roughly 576 students in grades K-6 and is classified by NCES as a small-city locale.

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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