Glenkirk Elementary

Set in Gainesville, Virginia, Glenkirk Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under Prince William County Public Schools. It instructs 554 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, Glenkirk Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 23% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Glenkirk Elementary logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Glenkirk Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Prince William County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Glenkirk Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.1%; this one delivers 89.8%.

In the broader community, Prince William County reports that the typical household earns roughly $131,402 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Glenkirk Elementary is one of 102 public schools in Prince William County (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students).

The closest other public school is Piney Branch Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenkirk Elementary. On composite proficiency, Glenkirk Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 82.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 23% across the same window.

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