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What's one thing John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
906
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001303
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary
16125 Dumfries Road, Dumfries, VA 22025 · (703) 670-3173 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
20.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
674 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 | 151 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
77%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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 85.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary's state test result (86.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary this school | 906 | 74.4% | 86.5% |
| Rocky Run Elementary Fredericksburg | 911 | 75.2% | 59.4% |
| Springwoods Elementary Woodbridge | 842 | 70.3% | 76.9% |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | 804 | 75.7% | 61.0% |
| Samuel W. Tucker Elementary Alexandria | 735 | 77.0% | 63.8% |
| Parkside Elementary Fredericksburg | 946 | 65.0% | 61.5% |
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 John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #127 of 1,101 | #7 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #93 of 1,111 ▲ 12 | #5 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #149 of 1,111 ▼ 17 | #6 of 64 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #33 of 1,176 | #4 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,096 of 1,105 | #64 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.0% | #14 of 1,106 | #3 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #587 of 1,157 | #1 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.1% | #31 of 324 | #2 of 17 |
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
906
+105 (+13%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 906 | 45.3 | 20.0:1 | 74% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 43.1 | 20.8:1 | 52% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 70 | 13.2:1 | 47% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 55 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 41.3 | 17.1:1 | 23% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 23% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 22% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 42 | 19.9:1 | 6% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 675 | 33 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (707 to 906); teachers up 10% (41.3 to 45.3).
About John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary sits in Dumfries, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 906 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 82% higher.
The 95 schools of Prince William County Public Schools, including John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary, enroll 90,242 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is White, with 28% of students. The next largest groups are 26% Black, 25% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 9% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 43% share among Prince William County residents. The diversity index for John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 74%. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County is 19 points.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary outperforms its prediction by 18.6 points. The model expects 67.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia; the school's rate is 86.5%.
Prince William County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $131,402 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Prince William County number 102, with about 89,591 students.
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Forest Park High, its nearest public school. John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 86.5% versus a 71.5% average.
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 906 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 801. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Dumfries
- Potomac HighHigh · 2,197 students
- Potomac Shores MiddleMiddle · 1,229 students
- Covington-Harper ElementaryElementary · 1,025 students
- Potomac MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- A. Henderson ElementaryElementary · 815 students
- Mary Williams ElementaryElementary · 669 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Park High0.9 mi · 2,343
- A. Henderson Elementary1.1 mi · 815
- Montclair Elementary1.5 mi · 588
- Neabsco Elementary1.9 mi · 635
- George M. Hampton Middle2.1 mi · 893
- Potomac High2.2 mi · 2,197
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Pattie Sr. ElementaryHow large is John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary?
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary enrolls approximately 906 students in grades PK-05.
Is John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary have?
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary?
At John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 25% Hispanic, 26% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary?
John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is overseen by Prince William County Public Schools in Prince William County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.