Montclair Elementary

Located at 4920 Tallowwood Dr, in Dumfries, Virginia, Montclair Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school that enrolls 588 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Prince William County Public Schools.

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

On demographics, Montclair Elementary logs that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 22% Black, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince William County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montclair Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Prince William County shows median household earnings sit near $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which Montclair Elementary is one.

A. Henderson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montclair Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.3%.

Montclair Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montclair Elementary has shrank 3%, going from 607 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 24% to 34%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.