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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Signal Hill Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
807
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001314
Signal Hill Elementary
9553 Birmingham Dr, Manassas, VA 20111 · (703) 530-7541 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
563 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
74%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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Signal Hill Elementary
Signal Hill Elementary's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Hill Elementary this school | 807 | 69.8% | 77.8% |
| Chris Yung Elementary Bristow | 719 | 70.8% | 73.8% |
| Antietam Elementary Woodbridge | 752 | 70.3% | 72.4% |
| Springwoods Elementary Woodbridge | 842 | 70.3% | 76.9% |
| Kyle R. Wilson Elementary Woodbridge | 875 | 71.4% | 75.5% |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | 804 | 75.7% | 61.0% |
Matched among Virginia elementary 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 Signal Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #373 of 1,101 | #31 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #347 of 1,111 ▼ 58 | #21 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #366 of 1,111 ▼ 19 | #27 of 64 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #87 of 1,176 | #11 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,047 of 1,105 | #54 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #93 of 1,106 | #20 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #688 of 1,157 | #43 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #203 of 324 | #14 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
807
+111 (+16%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 807 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 70% (563) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 46.7 | 17.0:1 | 45% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 47.5 | 16.2:1 | 38% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 39 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 48.3 | 15.9:1 | 28% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 26% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 14% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 11% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Signal Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (768 to 807); teachers down 5% (48.3 to 46).
About Signal Hill Elementary
Signal Hill Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Manassas, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 807 students. The school's enrollment is 62% bigger than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Signal Hill Elementary falls under Prince William County Public Schools, which has 95 schools enrolling 90,242 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Signal Hill Elementary, with 34% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 26%. Signal Hill Elementary has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 46 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Around 70% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County is 15 points.
allk12 grades Signal Hill Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Signal Hill Elementary, the prediction is 69.1% and the result is 77.8%.
Among Prince William County residents, median household income is about $131,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Signal Hill Elementary is one of 102 public schools in Prince William County, which together enroll about 89,591 students.
The next-closest public school is Cougar Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 55.3% on proficiency, and Signal Hill Elementary is above that at 77.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 696 to 807.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Signal Hill Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Louise A. Benton MiddleMiddle · 1,339 students
Other Signal Hill Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Signal Hill Elementary. Signal Hill Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDIX HILLS, NY · 672 students
- Signal Hill ElementarySignal Hill, CA · 599 students
- Signal Hill Elementary SchoolBelleville, IL · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Cougar Elementary1.1 mi · 857
- Mayfield Intermediate1.1 mi · 839
- Manassas Park Elementary1.2 mi · 712
- Osbourn Park High1.3 mi · 2,661
- Grace E. Metz Middle1.4 mi · 1,111
- Osbourn High1.6 mi · 2,301
Frequently asked questions
About Signal Hill ElementaryHow large is Signal Hill Elementary?
Signal Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 807 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Signal Hill Elementary serve?
Signal Hill Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Signal Hill Elementary?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Signal Hill Elementary.
How diverse is Signal Hill Elementary?
Signal Hill Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Signal Hill Elementary?
Signal Hill Elementary 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.