Bel Air Elementary

Bel Air Elementary operates as an intimate elementary campus in Woodbridge, Virginia, operated by Prince William County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 499.

Prince William County Public Schools runs 95 schools in total, collectively educating 90,242 students. Bel Air Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bel Air Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 9% Black, 9% Asian, 6% White. By comparison, Prince William County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Bel Air Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince William County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bel Air Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Prince William County shows median household income runs about $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which Bel Air Elementary is one.

Dale City Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bel Air Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.2%.

Bel Air Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bel Air Elementary has decreased 7%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 63% to 74% over that span.

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