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What's the biggest difference between George P. Mullen Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002200
George P. Mullen Elementary
8000 Rodes Dr, Manassas, VA 20109 · (703) 330-0427 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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
13.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
465 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
64%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
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 George P. Mullen Elementary
George P. Mullen Elementary's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George P. Mullen Elementary this school | 667 | 69.7% | 60.1% |
| Innovation Elementary Manassas | 565 | 70.8% | 68.6% |
| C.A. Sinclair Elementary Manassas | 636 | 70.6% | 78.4% |
| John D. Jenkins Elementary Woodbridge | 634 | 70.2% | 67.5% |
| Neabsco Elementary Woodbridge | 635 | 70.9% | 73.3% |
| Occoquan Elementary Woodbridge | 571 | 69.9% | 78.6% |
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 George P. Mullen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #835 of 1,101 | #57 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #843 of 1,111 ▲ 79 | #58 of 64 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #899 of 1,111 ▼ 56 | #57 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #240 of 1,176 | #25 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #542 of 1,105 | #10 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #435 of 1,106 | #43 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #690 of 1,157 | #45 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #198 of 759 | #13 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
667
-74 (-10%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 667 | 47.9 | 13.9:1 | 70% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 45.7 | 14.5:1 | 88% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 71% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 53 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 57.3 | 14.4:1 | 65% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 68% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 68% (626) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 39% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 11 | 33.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George P. Mullen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (823 to 667); teachers down 16% (57.3 to 47.9).
About George P. Mullen Elementary
Federal records list George P. Mullen Elementary as an elementary school in Manassas, Virginia. The school had 667 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Besides George P. Mullen Elementary, Prince William County Public Schools runs 94 other schools. The district enrolls 90,242 students.
Roughly 55% of students at George P. Mullen Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 15% Asian, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Prince William County residents are about 26% Hispanic. George P. Mullen Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at George P. Mullen Elementary was 13.9:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. George P. Mullen Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 70%. Across public schools in Prince William County, the average is 55%.
George P. Mullen Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.1% for George P. Mullen Elementary. The school posts 60.1%, 9.0 points below the prediction.
Prince William County has about 488,880 residents, and the median household income is $131,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Prince William County has 102 public schools and roughly 89,591 students.
The school nearest to George P. Mullen Elementary is Innovation Elementary, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. George P. Mullen Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes George P. Mullen Elementary as Suburb: Large.
George P. Mullen Elementary's enrollment dropped from 741 in 2020-21 to 667 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 Manassas
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Osbourn HighHigh · 2,301 students
- Unity Reed HighHigh · 2,042 students
- Parkside MiddleMiddle · 1,352 students
- Louise A. Benton MiddleMiddle · 1,339 students
Nearby schools
- Innovation Elementary0.8 mi · 565
- C.A. Sinclair Elementary1.3 mi · 636
- Unity Braxton Middle1.6 mi · 1,055
- Suella G. Ellis Elementary1.7 mi · 403
- Unity Reed High1.8 mi · 2,042
- West Gate Elementary1.9 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About George P. Mullen ElementaryHow large is George P. Mullen Elementary?
George P. Mullen Elementary enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does George P. Mullen Elementary serve?
George P. Mullen Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does George P. Mullen Elementary have?
George P. Mullen Elementary employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at George P. Mullen Elementary?
At George P. Mullen Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 55% Hispanic, 15% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is George P. Mullen Elementary public or private?
George P. Mullen 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.