Potomac View Elementary

Set in Woodbridge, Virginia, Potomac View Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Prince William County Public Schools. It caters to 557 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Potomac View Elementary is one of 95 schools operated by Prince William County Public Schools, a district that caters to 90,242 students overall.

Demographically, Potomac View Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 14% Black, 10% Asian, 8% White. By comparison, Prince William County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Potomac View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince William County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Potomac View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.8%, the actual is 69.8%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Prince William County) records that the typical household earns roughly $131,402 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Potomac View Elementary is one of 102 public schools in Prince William County (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students).

The closest other public school is Featherstone Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Potomac View Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Potomac View Elementary has contracted 25%, going from 739 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 66% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for Potomac View Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.