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Enrollment
1,339
Middle
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002543
Louise A. Benton Middle
7411 Hoadly Rd, Manassas, VA 20112 · (703) 791-0727 · Prince William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,339 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Virginia public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
335 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 | 435 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 458 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 446 | 33% |
Student demographics
72%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Louise A. Benton Middle
Louise A. Benton Middle's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise A. Benton Middle this school | 1,339 | 25.0% | 83.4% |
| E.H. Marsteller Middle Bristow | 1,153 | 23.9% | 85.5% |
| Rodney E. Thompson Middle Stafford | 1,063 | 24.6% | 84.9% |
| Gainesville Middle Gainesville | 1,403 | 24.5% | 84.8% |
| Swanson Middle Arlington | 993 | 19.9% | 82.6% |
| Irving Middle Springfield | 1,204 | 15.6% | 83.5% |
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 Louise A. Benton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #54 of 337 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #77 of 342 ▼ 24 | #4 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #52 of 342 ▼ 17 | #4 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,339 | #21 of 343 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #307 of 327 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #34 of 333 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #297 of 340 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #161 of 224 | #8 of 11 |
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
1,339
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 1,339 | 79.7 | 16.8:1 | 25% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 1,357 | 85.6 | 15.8:1 | 23% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 1,384 | 84.5 | 16.4:1 | 21% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 1,348 | 80 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,434 | 83.1 | 17.3:1 | 17% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 1,344 | 78 | 17.2:1 | 14% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 1,295 | 61 | 21.2:1 | 11% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 65 | 15.5:1 | 5% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louise A. Benton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,434 to 1,339); teachers down 4% (83.1 to 79.7).
About Louise A. Benton Middle
Federal records list Louise A. Benton Middle as a middle school in Manassas, Virginia. The latest federal count shows 1,339 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 79% higher.
Prince William County Public Schools has 90,242 students spread across 95 schools.
Louise A. Benton Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. It is also 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. That is close to the 43% White share among all Prince William County residents. By the diversity index, Louise A. Benton Middle comes in at 72%.
The school has about 16.8 students per teacher and 79.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 25%. On average, public schools in Prince William County report 55%.
Louise A. Benton Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 81.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Prince William County, median household income is about $131,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Louise A. Benton Middle is among the 102 public schools in Prince William County.
The next-closest public school is Coles Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Louise A. Benton Middle. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Louise A. Benton Middle ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Louise A. Benton Middle enrolled 1,348; in 2024-25, 1,339.
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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
- Herbert J. Saunders MiddleMiddle · 1,198 students
Nearby schools
- Coles Elementary0.1 mi · 431
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. High0.5 mi · 2,956
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary1.8 mi · 642
- Herbert J. Saunders Middle1.9 mi · 1,198
- Rosa Parks Elementary2.5 mi · 547
- C.D. Hylton High2.5 mi · 1,859
Frequently asked questions
About Louise A. Benton MiddleHow large is Louise A. Benton Middle?
Louise A. Benton Middle enrolls approximately 1,339 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Louise A. Benton Middle serve?
Louise A. Benton Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Louise A. Benton Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Louise A. Benton Middle is approximately 16.8:1 (80 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Louise A. Benton Middle?
Louise A. Benton Middle reports a student body of 44% White, 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Louise A. Benton Middle?
Louise A. Benton Middle 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.