Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary

Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is a big elementary campus in Woodbridge, Virginia, part of Prince William County Public Schools. The school caters to 829 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 66% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Prince William County Public Schools runs 95 schools in total, collectively educating 90,242 students. Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Prince William County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.7%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Prince William County reports that median household income runs about $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Neabsco Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 845 students in 2018 to 829 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 54% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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