John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary

Located at 16125 Dumfries Road, in Dumfries, Virginia, John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is a well-populated elementary school that caters to 906 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Prince William County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary sits 82% larger than that benchmark.

Prince William County Public Schools comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 90,242 students; John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is among them.

Demographically, John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Black, 25% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 67.8%; John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary posts 86.5%, +18.6 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Prince William County put 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%. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Park High, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 28%: 707 students in 2018 compared to 906 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 5% to 12%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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