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Enrollment
1,198
Middle
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001951
Herbert J. Saunders Middle
13557 Spriggs Rd, Manassas, VA 20112 · (703) 670-9188 · Prince William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,198 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
833 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 6 | 404 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 377 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 417 | 35% |
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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 Herbert J. Saunders Middle
Herbert J. Saunders Middle's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert J. Saunders Middle this school | 1,198 | 69.5% | 80.0% |
| Lake Ridge Middle Woodbridge | 1,487 | 69.3% | 78.4% |
| Potomac Middle Dumfries | 931 | 69.8% | 63.1% |
| Woodbridge Middle Woodbridge | 873 | 69.5% | 66.1% |
| Battlefield Middle Fredericksburg | 780 | 71.0% | 58.8% |
| Holmes Middle Alexandria | 881 | 72.0% | 56.2% |
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 Herbert J. Saunders Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #70 of 337 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #94 of 342 ▲ 7 | #5 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #68 of 342 ▲ 24 | #5 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,198 | #37 of 343 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #267 of 327 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #6 of 333 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.5% | #182 of 340 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #89 of 99 | N/A |
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
1,198
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,261
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,198 | 80 | 15.0:1 | 70% (833) |
| 2023-24 | 1,200 | 78 | 15.4:1 | 43% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 1,271 | 77 | 16.5:1 | 41% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 1,217 | 72 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,174 | 73.1 | 16.1:1 | 31% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 1,160 | 66 | 17.6:1 | 28% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 1,102 | 50 | 22.0:1 | 25% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 1,197 | 76 | 15.8:1 | 13% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 1,261 | 84 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert J. Saunders Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,174 to 1,198); teachers up 9% (73.1 to 80).
About Herbert J. Saunders Middle
Herbert J. Saunders Middle is a high-enrollment middle school in Prince William County Public Schools, located in Manassas, Virginia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,198 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Virginia is about 750 students, so this school is 60% above average.
The Prince William County Public Schools system has 95 schools and 90,242 students.
Herbert J. Saunders Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 31%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Prince William County's population at about 43%. Herbert J. Saunders Middle's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 80 full-time-equivalent teachers at Herbert J. Saunders Middle and a ratio of 15.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 70% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Prince William County report 55%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Herbert J. Saunders Middle falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 80.0% actual against 69.2% predicted.
Prince William County has about 488,880 residents, and the median household income is $131,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Herbert J. Saunders Middle, Prince William County has 101 other public schools.
Rosa Parks Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Herbert J. Saunders Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 75.1% on proficiency, and Herbert J. Saunders Middle is above that at 80.0%.
Herbert J. Saunders Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Herbert J. Saunders Middle was 1,217 in 2020-21 and 1,198 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 16.9:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 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
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.6 mi · 547
- C.D. Hylton High0.8 mi · 1,859
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary1.1 mi · 454
- Sharon C. McAuliffe Elementary1.1 mi · 379
- Sonnie Penn Elementary1.8 mi · 744
- Coles Elementary1.8 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert J. Saunders MiddleHow large is Herbert J. Saunders Middle?
Herbert J. Saunders Middle enrolls approximately 1,198 students in grades 06-08.
Is Herbert J. Saunders Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herbert J. Saunders Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Herbert J. Saunders Middle?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Herbert J. Saunders Middle.
How diverse is Herbert J. Saunders Middle?
Herbert J. Saunders Middle reports a student body of 31% White, 31% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Herbert J. Saunders Middle public or private?
Herbert J. Saunders Middle 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.