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If you had an hour of school board time for FOREST PARK HIGH, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,343
High
DISTRICT 2,259 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002542
Forest Park High
15721 Forest Park Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22193 · (703) 583-3200 · Prince William County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,343 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Virginia public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
142 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
998 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 571 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 605 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 534 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 633 | 27% |
Student demographics
75%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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Forest Park High
Forest Park High's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park High this school | 2,343 | 42.6% | 78.0% |
| Brooke Point High Stafford | 2,199 | 43.0% | 69.4% |
| North Stafford High Stafford | 1,982 | 47.8% | 74.6% |
| Edison High Alexandria | 2,294 | 38.6% | 70.7% |
| Hayfield Secondary Alexandria | 3,256 | 33.3% | 66.0% |
| Landstown High Virginia Beach | 2,152 | 37.6% | 83.8% |
Matched among Virginia high 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 Forest Park High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #116 of 311 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #188 of 316 ▲ 10 | #8 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #75 of 316 ▲ 33 | #4 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,343 | #27 of 325 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #265 of 309 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #5 of 309 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #217 of 319 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #81 of 131 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,343
+78 (+3%) vs 2020
+73% since 2000-01, when it was 1,357
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 2,343 | 142.4 | 16.4:1 | 43% (998) |
| 2023-24 | 2,326 | 132.3 | 17.6:1 | 41% (955) |
| 2022-23 | 2,308 | 130.5 | 17.7:1 | 34% (796) |
| 2020-21 | 2,265 | 127 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,215 | 132.7 | 16.7:1 | 27% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 2,276 | 128 | 17.8:1 | 25% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 2,365 | 107 | 22.1:1 | 20% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 1,357 | 90 | 15.1:1 | 14% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (2,215 to 2,343); teachers up 7% (132.7 to 142.4).
About Forest Park High
At 15721 Forest Park Drive in Woodbridge, Virginia, Forest Park High operates as a high-enrollment high school. Total enrollment is 2,343 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 93% bigger than the average of about 1,213 students for high schools in Virginia.
Prince William County Public Schools enrolls 90,242 students in 95 schools, including Forest Park High.
Black students make up 29% of enrollment at Forest Park High, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 26% White, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Prince William County's population at about 20%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
The school's 142.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The average for high schools in Virginia is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Forest Park High, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince William County is 55%.
Forest Park High holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Virginia public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 76.5% at Forest Park High; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Prince William County show that the median household earns about $131,402 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Prince William County, 102 public schools serve about 89,591 students.
Of the public schools around it, Forest Park High is closest to John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Forest Park High ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 78.0% against a local average of 75.7%.
NCES describes the area around Forest Park High as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.8:1 to 16.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Forest Park High can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
Other schools in Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
- Rippon MiddleMiddle · 1,200 students
Other Forest Park High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Park High. Forest Park High is the largest of the 3.
- Forest Park High SchoolForest Park, GA · 1,711 students
- Forest Park HighBaltimore, MD · 1,024 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary0.9 mi · 906
- Montclair Elementary1.0 mi · 588
- A. Henderson Elementary1.3 mi · 815
- Kyle R. Wilson Elementary1.7 mi · 875
- Ashland Elementary1.8 mi · 738
- George M. Hampton Middle2.0 mi · 893
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park HighWhat is the total enrollment at Forest Park High?
Forest Park High enrolls approximately 2,343 students in grades 09-12.
Is Forest Park High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Park High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Forest Park High?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Forest Park High.
What is the student diversity at Forest Park High?
Student demographics at Forest Park High are roughly 26% White, 28% Hispanic, 29% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Forest Park High in?
Forest Park High is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.