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Enrollment
829
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002783
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary
15500 Benita Fitzgerald Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22193 · (703) 583-4195 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
591 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 164 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
68%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
73.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary this school | 829 | 71.3% | 67.5% |
| River Oaks Elementary Woodbridge | 662 | 71.8% | 52.9% |
| Covington-Harper Elementary Dumfries | 1,025 | 70.2% | 79.4% |
| Lorton Station Elementary Lorton | 745 | 70.2% | 60.2% |
| Swans Creek Elementary Dumfries | 619 | 70.9% | 70.9% |
| Mary Williams Elementary Dumfries | 669 | 70.9% | 70.3% |
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 Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #662 of 1,101 | #49 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #542 of 1,111 ▲ 99 | #41 of 64 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #517 of 1,111 ▲ 63 | #41 of 64 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #68 of 1,176 | #8 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #716 of 1,105 | #19 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #285 of 1,106 | #34 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #640 of 1,157 | #9 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #703 of 759 | #41 of 45 |
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
829
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 847
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 829 | 56.4 | 14.7:1 | 71% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 60.4 | 14.6:1 | 73% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 972 | 69 | 14.1:1 | 67% (647) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 57 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 51.4 | 16.5:1 | 61% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 51 | 17.0:1 | 63% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 847 | 50 | 16.9:1 | 59% (500) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (845 to 829); teachers up 10% (51.4 to 56.4).
About Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school located in Woodbridge, Virginia. Enrolled students number 829 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is part of a district of 95 schools: Prince William County Public Schools, with 90,242 students.
Black students are the largest group at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary, with 48% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 20% share among Prince William County residents. Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, lower than at this school. About 71% of students, or 591, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County is 16 points.
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 68.7% for a school in Virginia with Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary posts 67.5%.
Federal survey data for Prince William County show that median household income is about $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is among the 102 public schools in Prince William County.
The closest public school, Neabsco Elementary, is about 1.0 miles from Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 840 in 2020-21, 829 in 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 Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Nearby schools
- Neabsco Elementary1.0 mi · 635
- Freedom High1.2 mi · 2,303
- Dale City Elementary1.4 mi · 443
- Potomac High1.4 mi · 2,197
- Leesylvania Elementary1.6 mi · 759
- Potomac Middle1.7 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Fannie W. Fitzgerald ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary?
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary enrolls approximately 829 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary.
How diverse is Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary?
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 24% Hispanic, 48% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary public or private?
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary 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.