Featherstone Elementary

Featherstone Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Woodbridge, Virginia, part of Prince William County Public Schools, with 452 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Featherstone Elementary logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Asian, 7% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Featherstone Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Featherstone Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Featherstone Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.9%; this one delivers 81.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Prince William County indicate median household earnings sit near $131,402, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which Featherstone Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Rippon Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Featherstone Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Featherstone Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 65.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 68% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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