Prince William County Public Schools

School division in Virginia, United States

Prince William County Public Schools

14715 Bristow Road

Manassas

, Virginia, 20112[1]
District information
Type| Public
Motto| Launching Thriving Futures[5]
Grades| Pre-K–12[2]
Superintendent| LaTanya D. McDade
Deputy superintendent(s)| Carol E. Flenard
Chair of the board| Babur B. Lateef
Budget| $1.64 billion (FY 2024)[3][4]
Students and staff
Students| 91,180 (2022–23)[6]
Teachers| 5,696.94 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Staff| 10,740.34 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Student–teacher ratio| 16.19 [2]
Other information
Website| www.pwcs.edu

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) is a school division in Virginia with its headquarters in the Kelly Leadership Center located in the unincorporated community of Independent Hill in Prince William County, Virginia.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 486,943.[7]

Prince William County Public Schools is the second largest school division in Virginia with 91,180 students.[6] Prince William County Public Schools is the fourth largest school system in the Washington Metropolitan Area after the Fairfax County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Prince George's County, Maryland school systems, and the 33rd largest school system in the United States.[8][9]

The county system serves all parts of the county except for Marine Corps Base Quantico, which is served by the Department of Defense Education Activity.[10]

## Administration

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### Superintendent

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The Superintendent of Prince William County Public Schools is Dr. LaTanya D. McDade, replacing Dr. Steven Walts.[11] She is the first woman and the first African-American superintendent in the district's history. Prior to her appointment in 2021, she was the Chief Education Officer for Chicago Public Schools.[12] In 2024, she was selected as Virginia Region IV Superintendent of the Year.[13]

### School Board

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Prince William County Public Schools is governed by the Prince William County School Board.[14] The school board is composed of eight elected members.[1] One member is elected by the citizens of each of the seven magisterial districts also used to elect the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, while the Chairmen At-Large is elected by all citizens in the county.[15] A Vice Chair is elected by the school board members each January.[16] School board members serve four-year terms, with the next election being held in November 2023.[15]

Board Members[17] Babur B. Lateef  | Chairman At-Large

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Lisa A. Zargarpur  | Vice Chairwoman

Coles District

Erica C. Tredinnick  | Brentsville District
Jennifer T. Wall  | Gainesville District
Tracy L. Blake  | Neabsco District
Richard M. Jessie  | Ocooquan District
Justin David Wilk  | Potomac District
Loree Y. Williams  | Woodbridge District

Two non voting student representatives are selected each school year to serve and provide input from a students perspective on decisions made by the school board.[18] A Student Senate is made up of one student from each high school who applied for the student representative position.[18][19][20] They work together with the student representatives to advise the school board.[18]

## Schools

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### High schools

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* Battlefield High School
* Brentsville District High School
* Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School
* Forest Park High School
* Freedom High School
* Gainesville High School
* Gar-Field High School
* Hylton High School
* Osbourn Park High School
* Patriot High School
* Potomac High School
* Unity Reed High School
* Woodbridge High School

### Middle schools

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* Louise A. Benton Middle School
* Stuart M. Beville Middle School
* Bull Run Middle School
* Fred M. Lynn Middle School
* Gainesville Middle School
* Graham Park Middle School
* George M. Hampton Middle School (Formerly Mills E. Godwin Middle School)
* Lake Ridge Middle School
* Emlyn H. Marsteller Middle School
* Parkside Middle School
* Potomac Middle School
* Potomac Shores Middle School
* Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School
* Rippon Middle School
* Herbert J. Saunders Middle School
* Unity Braxton Middle School (formerly Stonewall Middle School; renamed during the George Floyd protests[21])
* Woodbridge Middle School
* Countyside Middle School

### Traditional Schools (K-8)

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* The Nokesville School
* Pennington Traditional School
* Mary G. Porter Traditional School

### Elementary schools

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* James W. Alvey Elementary School
* Antietam Elementary School
* Ashland Elementary School
* Bel Air Elementary School
* Belmont Elementary School
* Maitland C. Bennett Elementary School
* Bristow Run Elementary School
* Buckland Mills Elementary School
* Cedar Point Elementary School
* Chris Yung Elementary School
* Coles Elementary School
* Covington-Harper Elementary School
* Dale City Elementary School
* Dumfries Elementary School
* Suella Gilbert Ellis Elementary School
* Enterprise Elementary School
* Featherstone Elementary School
* Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary School
* Glenkirk Elementary School
* Samuel L. Gravely Elementary School
* Haymarket Elementary School
* Alexander Henderson Elementary School
* Innovation Elementary School
* John D. Jenkins Elementary School
* Kerrydale Elementary School
* R. Dean Kilby Elementary School
* Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
* Lake Ridge Elementary School
* Leesylvania Elementary School
* Loch Lomond Elementary School
* Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
* Marumsco Hills Elementary School
* Sharon C. McAuliffe Elementary School
* Minnieville Elementary School
* Montclair Elementary School
* Mountain View Elementary School
* Mullen Elementary School
* Neabsco Elementary School
* Occoquan Elementary School
* Old Bridge Elementary School
* John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary School
* Sonnie P. Penn Elementary School
* Piney Branch Elementary School
* Potomac View Elementary School
* River Oaks Elementary School
* Rockledge Elementary School
* Rosa Parks Elementary School
* Signal Hill Elementary School
* Charles A. Sinclair Elementary School
* Springwoods Elementary School
* Sudley Elementary School
* Swans Creek Elementary School
* T. Clay Wood Elementary School
* Triangle Elementary School
* George Grayson Tyler Elementary School
* Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary School
* Victory Elementary School
* Washington-Reid Elementary School
* West Gate Elementary School
* Westridge Elementary School
* Mary Williams Elementary School
* Kyle R. Wilson Elementary School
* Yorkshire Elementary School

### Other

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Prince William County provides an "alternative" school service for what they deem as "troubled teens". Students who become pregnant, sell or use drugs, write graffiti, have general behavioral issues or are prone to violence are usually sent to learn together in the same facility, regardless of their base school. The PACE program targets students with more extreme cases of psychological issues.

* Independent Hill School/PACE East, special education school for middle & high school students
* New Directions Alternative School, special school for students who are not successful in their base school
* New Dominion Alternative School, special school for middle school students
* PACE West, a special education school providing services to students with serious emotional and behavior problems
* Pennington Traditional School, a school for first through eighth graders [Formerly a high school, grades 9-12]
* Porter Traditional School, specialty school for first through eighth graders
* Woodbine Preschool Center, a center for preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities
* East End Alternative, now defunct. Previously located at a Woodbridge Boys and Girls Club. The student body was migrated to Pennington Alternative School in the mid-1990s.

### Future Schools

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* "Woodbridge Area" Elementary School is set to open for the 2025-26 school year[22]

## Schools of excellence

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Prince William County Public Schools honors schools as Schools of Excellence based on a variety of criteria, including: performance targets; Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act; Virginia Wellness Tests; school attendance rates; and parent, student, and teacher satisfaction. The Virginia state Standards of Learning (SOL) tests for both students on grade level and students below grade level are also considered.[23] In 2006, the criteria were adjusted to reflect the continuous improvement of the system's schools.[24]

School administration and staff are presented with a commemorative flag, a plaque, and a check to be used at the school's discretion. Schools receive $1,000 for each year the School of Excellence designation is obtained.[25]

| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009  | 2010  | 2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015

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Elementary  | 13 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 35  | 36  | 16  | 32  | 37  | 38  | 30
Middle  | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 5  | 5  | 0
High  | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2
Other  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2
Total  | 15 | 15 | 42 | 58 | 46 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 41  | 42  | 18  | 40  | 44  | 46  | 34

## See also

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* List of school divisions in Virginia

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Contact Us/Telephone Directory". Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
2. ^ a b c d "PRINCE WILLIAM CO PBLC SCHS". District Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
3. ^ "FY 2024 School Board Advertised Budget Presentation to the Board of County Supervisors" (PDF). Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
4. ^ "Board of County Supervisors approves PWCS FY24 budget". Prince William County Public Schools. April 26, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
5. ^ McDade, LaTanya D. (September 28, 2022). "A message from Dr. McDade". Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
6. ^ a b "Prince William County Public Schools Quality Profile". Virginia Department of Education. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
7. ^ "QuickFacts Prince William County, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
8. ^ "The Washington Area Boards of Education FY 2023 Guide". Fairfax County Public Schools. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
9. ^ "Table 215.30. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 120 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2019: 2018-19 and fiscal year 2021". National Center for Education Statistics. United States Department of Education. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
10. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Prince William County, VA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2022. \- Text list \- "Quantico Marine Corps Center School District" is a reference to the Department of Defense Education Activity as that agency operates the base schools.
11. ^ Writer, Jill Palermo Times Staff (March 24, 2021). "UPDATED: Chicago's chief education officer picked to be Prince William's next superintendent". Prince William Times. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
12. ^ "CPS Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade Named Superintendent of Virginia School District". WTTW News. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
13. ^ Seymour, Emily (January 25, 2024). "Prince William schools Superintendent LaTanya McDade named regional Superintendent of the year". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
14. ^ "POLICY - Authority and Purpose". Prince William County School Board. September 19, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
15. ^ a b "POLICY - Election, Number, Qualifications, and Term of Office of School Board Members". Prince William County School Board. September 19, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
16. ^ "POLICY - Annual Organizational Meeting". Prince William County School Board. October 17, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
17. ^ "School Board". www.pwcs.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
18. ^ a b c "POLICY - Student Representative(s) to the School Board". Prince William County School Board. November 6, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
19. ^ "Student Representatives and Senate". Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
20. ^ "Student Representative Application Process". Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
21. ^ "Prince William County votes to rename schools honoring Stonewall Jackson". WTOP. June 29, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
22. ^ Seymour, Emily (April 12, 2024). "Prince William officials break ground on first new Woodbridge-area elementary in decades". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
23. ^ "Prince William County Public Schools". Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
24. ^ "Prince William County Public Schools". pwcs.edu. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
25. ^ "Prince William County Public Schools". pwcs.edu. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

## External links

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* Prince William County Public Schools
* School Directory
* Official Website of Prince William County Government

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Education in Prince William County, Virginia

PWC
Public Schools|

* Unity Braxton MS
* Battlefield HS
* Brentsville HS
* Colgan HS
* Forest Park
* Freedom HS
* Gainesville HS
* Gar-Field HS
* Hylton HS
* Osbourn Park HS
* Patriot HS
* Potomac HS
* Unity Reed HS
* Woodbridge HS
* Independent Hill School/PACE East HS

DoDEA|

* Quantico Middle/High School

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Prince William County, Virginia

* Northern Virginia
* Washington Metropolitan Area

Administration|

* Prince William Board of County Supervisors
* Prince William County Public Schools
* Prince William County Department of Parks & Recreation
* Prince William County Public Library
* Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue
* Prince William County Police Department
* Prince William County Sheriff's Office

Organizations|

* Prince William Chamber of Commerce

Landmarks|

* National Museum of the Marine Corps
* Marine Corps Base Quantico
* Hylton Performing Arts Center
* Manassas National Battlefield Park
* Jiffy Lube Live
* Old Dominion Speedway
* Prince William Forest Park
* Leesylvania State Park
* Potomac Mills

Transportation|

* OmniRide
* Manassas Regional Airport
* Prince William Parkway
* Virginia State Route 234
* Interstate 66
* Interstate 95
* U.S. Route 1

Culture|

| Battles|

* First Battle of Bull Run
* Second Battle of Bull Run

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Events|

* Dale City 4th of July Parade

Education|

* George Mason University
* Northern Virginia Community College
* Strayer University

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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