Hilton Elementary School in Newport News, VA is home to students PK-5 in the Newport News Public Schools District. With an enrollment of 373 students it gives children a 16:1 student to teacher ratio. Hilton was awarded with the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Award given to less than 300 schools nationwide annually. Hilton’s standardized test scores exceed the state average in every category. Every grade tested in mathematics passed 100% of it’s students.
A great opportunity at Hilton Elementary school is the Communication Arts Magnet Program which provides first through fifth grade students with a balanced curriculum emphasizing reading, writing, and communication skills in each core subject. In extension to their magnet program they offer a foreign language exploratory program.