Prince William County Public Schools

The Prince William County Public Schools district in Virginia encompasses 94 schools, including 64 elementary schools, 17 middle schools, and 13 high schools. The district serves a diverse student population across a mix of public magnet schools and traditional public schools.

Several schools in the district stand out as high-performing, including Battlefield High School, which ranks 36th out of 329 Virginia high schools, and several elementary schools like Glenkirk Elementary, J.W. Alvey Elementary, and T. Clay Wood Elementary, which all rank in the top 100 out of over 1,100 Virginia elementary schools. These schools demonstrate that high-quality education is possible within the district, with several schools performing at the top of the state.

However, the data also reveals significant disparities in academic performance between the highest- and lowest-performing schools, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and resources, such as school leadership, teacher quality, and student/family engagement, play a crucial role in student outcomes. Additionally, there appears to be a relationship between a school's socioeconomic status (as measured by free/reduced lunch rates) and its academic performance, with the highest-poverty schools tending to have the lowest test scores. The district's data highlights both the strengths of its top-performing schools and the opportunities for improvement in its lower-performing schools.