Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle, Newport News, VA
CEP schoolEthel M. Gildersleeve Middle is a public middle school in Newport News, part of Newport News City Public Schools. It enrolled 1,087 students in 2024-25.
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 1,087
- Grades
- 6 to 8
School details
- Address
- 1 Minton Dr, Newport News, VA 23606
- Phone
- (757)591-4862
- District
- Newport News City Public Schools
- County
- Newport News city
- Level
- Middle
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 510264002208
School meals
Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
- Free lunch
- 1,062
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 1,06297.7% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 1,062Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other middle schools in Newport News City Public Schools
- Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle 988 students
- Mary Passage Middle 931 students
- Homer L. Hines Middle 846 students
- Crittenden Middle 781 students
- B.T. Washington Middle 413 students
- Huntington Middle 292 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.