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How has Coles Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001290
Coles Elementary
7405 Hoadly Rd, Manassas, VA 20112 · (703) 791-3141 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
313 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Coles Elementary
Coles Elementary's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coles Elementary this school | 431 | 72.6% | 81.9% |
| Stonewall Elementary Clear Brook | 391 | 77.2% | 57.7% |
| Garland R. Quarles Elementary Winchester | 410 | 82.9% | 59.8% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Winchester | 376 | 83.0% | 71.2% |
| Keister Elementary Harrisonburg | 475 | 85.1% | 62.6% |
| Redbud Run Elementary Winchester | 614 | 72.8% | 52.7% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Coles Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #264 of 1,101 | #19 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #322 of 1,111 ▼ 81 | #17 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #363 of 1,111 ▼ 162 | #24 of 64 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #746 of 1,176 | #58 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #870 of 1,105 | #31 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #553 of 1,106 | #46 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #624 of 1,157 | #3 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #286 of 324 | #17 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 27.6 | 15.6:1 | 73% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 26.5 | 15.6:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 29.5 | 14.0:1 | 42% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 24.6 | 17.2:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 10% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 36 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coles Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (424 to 431); teachers up 12% (24.6 to 27.6).
About Coles Elementary
In Manassas, Virginia, part of Prince William County, Coles Elementary is an elementary school. The school reports 431 students in pre-K through 5.
Prince William County Public Schools enrolls 90,242 students, and its 95 schools include Coles Elementary.
Coles Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 47%. The remaining students are 42% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Prince William County, the Hispanic share is about 26%. By the diversity index, Coles Elementary comes in at 60%.
The count of teachers at Coles Elementary is 27.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.6:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The school counts 313 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 73%. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 68.3%. Coles Elementary posts 81.9%, 13.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Prince William County, median household income is about $131,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 102 public schools in Prince William County, with a combined enrollment of about 89,591.
The closest public school to Coles Elementary is Louise A. Benton Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Coles Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Coles Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Coles Elementary saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
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Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Manassas
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Osbourn HighHigh · 2,301 students
- Unity Reed HighHigh · 2,042 students
- Parkside MiddleMiddle · 1,352 students
- Louise A. Benton MiddleMiddle · 1,339 students
Nearby schools
- Louise A. Benton Middle0.1 mi · 1,339
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. High0.6 mi · 2,956
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary1.6 mi · 642
- Herbert J. Saunders Middle1.8 mi · 1,198
- Rosa Parks Elementary2.4 mi · 547
- C.D. Hylton High2.5 mi · 1,859
Frequently asked questions
About Coles ElementaryHow many students attend Coles Elementary?
Coles Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Coles Elementary serve?
Coles Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coles Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coles Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coles Elementary?
At Coles Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 47% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Coles Elementary in?
Coles Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
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