New Castle Elementary, 4136 Dam Neck Road: grades K to 5, 690 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, framework score 95.61. Office: 757-648-3080.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: New Castle Elementary, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.
New Castle Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade at 4136 Dam Neck Road for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS). It had 690 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.
Who to call
- Front office: 757-648-3080
- Registering a new student: the school office handles registration; families can also start online
- Which school is my address zoned for? the School Locator, or the division’s Demographics and Planning Division at 757-263-1055
- Buses: transportation dispatch 757-263-1545; after hours 757-263-2949
- Division main line: 757-263-1000
| Address | 4136 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 |
| Phone | 757-648-3080 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| Student hours | 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
| Office hours | 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| Website | newcastlees.vbschools.com |
| Division | Virginia Beach City Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Heather Quinn, according to the school’s website. The administration page also lists Eric Landon as assistant principal.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 690 students in fall 2025, down from 728 in fall 2024 and 723 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 2 in pre-K, 93 in kindergarten, 121 in first grade, 120 in second grade, 119 in third grade, 118 in fourth grade and 117 in fifth grade.
- Federal count: 723 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 19 students per teacher.
State report card
Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation checks that a school meets the state’s Standards of Accreditation. The School Performance and Support Framework “considers multiple measures of student success, including academic achievement, growth, readiness, and graduation,” the division’s accreditation and performance page says, and gives each school a score and a performance level.
- Accreditation: Fully Accredited. All 81 VBCPS schools earned full accreditation for 2026-27, based on 2025-26 data, the division announced Oct. 7.
- Framework score: 95.61, performance level Distinguished, in the state’s division summary.
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 90% | 90% | 91% |
| Math | 92% | 95% | 94% |
| Science | 81% | 78% | 87% |
The full profile also reports attendance, student groups, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Look up any address in the division’s School Locator; the school’s own 2026-27 zone map (PDF) shows its boundary. Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines, so check the address, not the area.
Where students go next: Most of the New Castle Elementary zone’s area lies in the Landstown Middle zone and part in the Salem Middle zone, according to the division’s 2026-27 attendance zone maps, so the middle school depends on the street. Most of the zone’s area lies in the Landstown High zone and part in the Salem High zone, so the high school depends on the street.
Families who want a different school can file an out-of-zone request.
Calendar and bell times
From the division’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3: no school for students (staff days; Nov. 3 is Election Day)
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
- Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
- March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day for students
Students attend from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and the office is open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page, which lists New Castle Elementary as a “B” schedule elementary school.
Closings and delays are posted on the division’s weather page.
More on Virginia Beach schools
- The school’s website and its state School Quality Profile
- Every public school in Virginia Beach
- Our Virginia Beach schools guide for registration documents and School Board meetings
- Our neighborhoods guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does New Castle Elementary serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
How is New Castle Elementary rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2026-27. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 95.61 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.
Which middle school does New Castle Elementary feed into?
Most of its zone is in the Landstown Middle zone, with parts in Salem Middle, on the division’s 2026-27 maps, so it depends on the street. Check an address in the VBCPS School Locator.
What time does New Castle Elementary start?
Students attend from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page.
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