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Which teacher or staff member at E.H. MARSTELLER MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,153
Middle
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001293
E.H. Marsteller Middle
14000 Sudley Manor Dr, Bristow, VA 20136 · (703) 393-7608 · Prince William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,153 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Virginia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
276 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 356 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 419 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 378 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 73.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 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 E.H. Marsteller Middle
E.H. Marsteller Middle's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.H. Marsteller Middle this school | 1,153 | 23.9% | 85.5% |
| Louise A. Benton Middle Manassas | 1,339 | 25.0% | 83.4% |
| Dorothy Hamm Middle Arlington | 989 | 18.9% | 86.1% |
| Gainesville Middle Gainesville | 1,403 | 24.5% | 84.8% |
| Irving Middle Springfield | 1,204 | 15.6% | 83.5% |
| South County Middle Lorton | 943 | 23.2% | 83.5% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 E.H. Marsteller Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #33 of 337 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #51 of 342 ▲ 26 | #2 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #31 of 342 ▲ 3 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,153 | #45 of 343 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #283 of 327 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #56 of 333 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #301 of 340 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #76 of 224 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,153
-98 (-8%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,153 | 75.1 | 15.3:1 | 24% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 1,182 | 74 | 16.0:1 | 31% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 1,174 | 72.3 | 16.3:1 | 21% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 1,251 | 77 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,348 | 84.1 | 16.0:1 | 15% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 1,298 | 76 | 17.1:1 | 12% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 1,526 | 74 | 20.6:1 | 19% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 847 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 17% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | 53 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E.H. Marsteller Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,348 to 1,153); teachers down 11% (84.1 to 75.1).
About E.H. Marsteller Middle
E.H. Marsteller Middle is a public middle school run by Prince William County Public Schools in Bristow, Virginia. Its enrollment is 1,153 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students, which makes this school 54% above average.
Prince William County Public Schools counts 95 schools and 90,242 students, including E.H. Marsteller Middle.
At E.H. Marsteller Middle, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, and 8% multiracial. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at E.H. Marsteller Middle are from different groups.
The school had 75.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1. The school reported 24% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 31 points below the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County.
On the allk12 Grade, E.H. Marsteller Middle lands at A, ahead of 85% of Virginia public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 85.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 81.6%.
The county, Prince William County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $131,402 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting E.H. Marsteller Middle, Prince William County has 102 public schools.
E.H. Marsteller Middle is about 0.6 miles from Cedar Point Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. E.H. Marsteller Middle ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.5% against a local average of 83.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Bristow
- Piney Branch ElementaryElementary · 760 students
- Chris Yung ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Victory ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Bristow Run ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Cedar Point ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Point Elementary0.6 mi · 510
- Patriot High0.8 mi · 2,020
- T. Clay Wood Elementary1.0 mi · 754
- Bristow Run Elementary1.7 mi · 562
- Victory Elementary1.8 mi · 661
- Chris Yung Elementary2.6 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About E.H. Marsteller MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at E.H. Marsteller Middle?
E.H. Marsteller Middle enrolls approximately 1,153 students in grades 06-08.
Is E.H. Marsteller Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
E.H. Marsteller Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does E.H. Marsteller Middle have?
E.H. Marsteller Middle employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at E.H. Marsteller Middle?
Student demographics at E.H. Marsteller Middle are roughly 48% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is E.H. Marsteller Middle public or private?
E.H. Marsteller Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.