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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GRACE E. METZ MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
1,111
Middle
DISTRICT 737 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANASSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510236002226
Grace E. Metz Middle
9950 Wellington Road, Manassas, VA 20110 · (571) 377-6800 · Manassas city
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,111 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
864 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 573 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 538 | 48% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grace E. Metz Middle→Osbourn High
Based on grade levels within Manassas City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Grace E. Metz Middle
Grace E. Metz Middle's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace E. Metz Middle this school | 1,111 | 77.8% | 47.8% |
| Mayfield Intermediate Manassas | 839 | 78.8% | 59.8% |
| Manassas Park Middle Manassas Park | 753 | 81.4% | 58.6% |
| Sterling Middle Sterling | 967 | 84.6% | 46.0% |
| Unity Braxton Middle Manassas | 1,055 | 69.2% | 57.9% |
| Poe Middle Annandale | 879 | 76.8% | 48.5% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Grace E. Metz Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #318 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #331 of 342 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #325 of 342 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,111 | #55 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #324 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #242 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #139 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #95 of 99 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,111
-64 (-5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,052
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,111 | 60 | 18.5:1 | 78% (864) |
| 2023-24 | 1,076 | 68.5 | 15.7:1 | 68% (730) |
| 2022-23 | 1,102 | 71 | 15.5:1 | 67% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 1,175 | 86 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,098 | 78.5 | 14.0:1 | 52% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 81 | 12.7:1 | 59% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 55 | 18.6:1 | 45% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 1,509 | 110 | 13.7:1 | 16% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 1,052 | 75 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grace E. Metz Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,098 to 1,111); teachers down 24% (78.5 to 60).
About Grace E. Metz Middle
Grace E. Metz Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school, is located in Manassas, Virginia. Enrollment stands at 1,111 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 48% larger than the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
Grace E. Metz Middle sits within Manassas City Public Schools, which has 9 schools and 7,345 students.
More than half of enrollment at Grace E. Metz Middle is Hispanic: 71%. Next come 10% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. The diversity index for Grace E. Metz Middle is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grace E. Metz Middle is 18.5:1, based on 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Virginia, 13.1:1, is lower. Grace E. Metz Middle counts 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 78% average for public schools in Manassas city.
Grace E. Metz Middle is a bottom-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.8% against a predicted 66.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Manassas city show that the median household earns about $113,590 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Manassas city, 12 public schools serve about 7,996 students.
Grace E. Metz Middle's nearest public school is Osbourn High (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Grace E. Metz Middle places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 1,175 to 1,111. Students per teacher increased from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 18.5 in 2024-25.
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Manassas city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,976
Census ACS
Median income
$113,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,996 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manassas City Public Schools
- Osbourn HighHigh · 2,301 students
- Mayfield IntermediateMiddle · 839 students
- Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- Jennie Dean ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Richard C. Haydon ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Weems ElementaryElementary · 556 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
- Osbourn High0.4 mi · 2,301
- Baldwin Intermediate0.5 mi · 260
- Baldwin Elementary0.5 mi · 631
- Mayfield Intermediate0.6 mi · 839
- Bennett Elementary1.1 mi · 746
- Pennington Traditional1.3 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Grace E. Metz MiddleHow large is Grace E. Metz Middle?
Grace E. Metz Middle enrolls approximately 1,111 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Grace E. Metz Middle serve?
Grace E. Metz Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grace E. Metz Middle?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Grace E. Metz Middle.
How diverse is Grace E. Metz Middle?
Grace E. Metz Middle reports a student body of 10% White, 71% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Grace E. Metz Middle in?
Grace E. Metz Middle is part of Manassas City Public Schools.
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