Potomac Middle

Potomac Middle operates as an average-sized junior high in Dumfries, Virginia, run under Prince William County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 931 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Potomac Middle sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Potomac Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 31% Black, 14% Asian, 11% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Potomac Middle records 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Potomac Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.1%, the actual is 63.1%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Prince William County) logs that median household earnings sit near $131,402, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Prince William County's 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), Potomac Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mary Williams Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Potomac Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Potomac Middle's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,261 (now 931). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 47% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Potomac Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.