Newtown Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA

Newtown Elementary School phone & website

Phone: (757) 648-3120
Principal: Mikelle C. Williams
Address: 5277 Learning Cir, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

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.

2.8 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 60.5% across all subjects — 20th percentile statewide.

2.0 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 15.9% — better attendance than 11% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 2.6 for 2025–26, compared with 3.0 for 2024–25 — down 0.4.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average

Grade 3 Mathematics

63%state 74%

Grade 3 English Reading

58%state 68%

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

Newtown Elementary School & its school zone

A public elementary school in Virginia Beach Public Schools, Newtown Elementary School anchors its attendance zone in Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Buyers searching homes for sale near Newtown Elementary School are shopping this Virginia Beach school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Virginia Beach elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 2.6/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 3.0 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 60.5%. Chronic absenteeism is 15.9%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Virginia Beach school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Newtown Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Virginia Beach 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: Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Grades served: 2-3
School type: Regular public school
Established: 1970
Enrollment: 406 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 10:1
Classroom teachers: 39 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510384001704

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

58%

Mathematics

63%

Attendance

2025-2026

15.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Newtown Elementary School

Newtown Elementary opened in 1970 as Newtown Road Elementary School, built in the northwest section of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was renamed Newtown Elementary in May 2007. The school is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and today operates as one of three campuses in the district's Bayside Tri-Campus configuration alongside Diamond Springs Elementary and Bettie F. Williams Elementary.

The school sits at 5277 Learning Circle in the Newtown/Bayside area of Virginia Beach, a classification the U.S. Department of Education codes as a large-city locale. Under the tri-campus model, Newtown's NCES and state records reflect a grade span of 2-3, and the school enrolled 409 students in the 2024-2025 school year.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Newtown Elementary ↗ — NCES School ID (510384001704), address, grade span (2-3), total enrollment 409, enrollment by grade, 39.00 FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio 10.49, locale (City, Large), race/ethnicity counts, free/reduced lunch eligibility, phone2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Newtown Elementary ↗ — Fully Accredited status (2025-2026), SOL pass rates (reading 51%, math 58% for 2024-2025), enrollment trend, economically disadvantaged 80.7%, English learners 6.1%, students with disabilities 14.7%, race/ethnicity percentages, chronic absenteeism 18.6%, principal nameSOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Newtown Elementary School official website (VBCPS) ↗ — Website URL, phone (757-648-3120), Bayside Tri-Campus configuration2026
Web search — school founding history ↗ — Opened 1970 as Newtown Road Elementary; renamed Newtown Elementary May 2007; first principal Dan Lovelace; built on 12.4 acres in NW Virginia Beachhistorical

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.

Newtown Elementary School