Pennington Traditional

Pennington Traditional is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Manassas, Virginia, operated by Prince William County Public Schools, with 651 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 8. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Prince William County Public Schools, which oversees 95 schools and 90,242 students, Pennington Traditional is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Pennington Traditional shows that 29% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 27% Asian, 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Manassas city runs at roughly 78%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pennington Traditional is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 79.5%; this one delivers 92.9%, a residual of +13.4 points.

Around the school, Manassas city reports that the typical household earns roughly $113,590 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Manassas city's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,996 students), Pennington Traditional is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jennie Dean Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pennington Traditional. On composite proficiency, Pennington Traditional comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pennington Traditional has changed only slightly, going from 643 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 36% to 29%.

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