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If you could change one rule at Jennie Dean Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANASSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510236000977
Jennie Dean Elementary
9601 Prince William St, Manassas, VA 20110 · (571) 377-6300 · Manassas city
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
516 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (134).
Student demographics
41%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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Jennie Dean Elementary
Jennie Dean Elementary's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennie Dean Elementary this school | 579 | 89.1% | 49.8% |
| Richard C. Haydon Elementary Manassas | 556 | 87.1% | 56.7% |
| Weems Elementary Manassas | 556 | 86.3% | 57.0% |
| Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Falls Church | 539 | 87.6% | 46.7% |
| Waterman Elementary Harrisonburg | 557 | 87.1% | 46.8% |
| Manassas Park Elementary Manassas Park | 712 | 81.9% | 48.5% |
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 Jennie Dean Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Manassas city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #977 of 1,101 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #964 of 1,111 ▲ 104 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,000 of 1,111 ▲ 2 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #405 of 1,176 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #508 of 1,105 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #885 of 1,106 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #355 of 1,157 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #350 of 759 | N/A |
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
579
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 579 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 89% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 78% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 75% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 39 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 45.5 | 14.6:1 | 63% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 70% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 61% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 37% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 29 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jennie Dean Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (666 to 579); teachers down 8% (45.5 to 42).
About Jennie Dean Elementary
Jennie Dean Elementary is a public elementary school run by Manassas City Public Schools in Manassas, Virginia. In all, 579 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
Manassas City Public Schools enrolls 7,345 students in 9 schools, including Jennie Dean Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Jennie Dean Elementary, about 75 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Black, 9% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Manassas city, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The diversity index for Jennie Dean Elementary is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school reported 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Manassas city, the average is 78%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Jennie Dean Elementary outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jennie Dean Elementary's results are 14.0 points below predicted: 49.8% against 63.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Manassas city show that the median household earns about $113,590 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Manassas city, 12 public schools serve about 7,996 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Jennie Dean Elementary from the closest public school, Pennington Traditional. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Jennie Dean Elementary is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 590 students in 2020-21 and 579 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.8:1, from 15.1:1.
The allk12 page for Jennie Dean Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Grace E. Metz MiddleMiddle · 1,111 students
- Mayfield IntermediateMiddle · 839 students
- Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 631 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
- Pennington Traditional0.6 mi · 651
- George Carr Round Elementary0.8 mi · 512
- Baldwin Elementary1.1 mi · 631
- Baldwin Intermediate1.1 mi · 260
- Osbourn High1.2 mi · 2,301
- Richard C. Haydon Elementary1.2 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Jennie Dean ElementaryHow many students attend Jennie Dean Elementary?
Jennie Dean Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Jennie Dean Elementary serve?
Jennie Dean Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Jennie Dean Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Jennie Dean Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jennie Dean Elementary?
At Jennie Dean Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jennie Dean Elementary in?
Jennie Dean Elementary is part of Manassas City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.