Bennett Elementary

Bennett Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Manassas, Virginia, operated by Prince William County Public Schools, enrolling 746 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 49% above the state mean of about 499.

Across the 95 schools in Prince William County Public Schools (90,242 students total), Bennett Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bennett Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% Black, 11% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Prince William County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Bennett Elementary lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bennett Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.0%, the actual is 78.6%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Prince William County shows median household income runs about $131,402, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Prince William County's 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), Bennett Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Grace E. Metz Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bennett Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bennett Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.9%.

Bennett Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bennett Elementary's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 746). White enrollment moved from 49% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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