Cedar Point Elementary

Cedar Point Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Bristow, Virginia, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools, works with 510 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cedar Point Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Prince William County as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cedar Point Elementary logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cedar Point Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Prince William County) reports that median household earnings sit near $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which Cedar Point Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is E.H. Marsteller Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 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), Cedar Point Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 81.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Point Elementary has ticked down 11%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 8% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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