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Enrollment
842
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002038
Springwoods Elementary
3815 Marquis Place, Woodbridge, VA 22192 · (703) 590-9874 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
17.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
592 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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
76%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
77.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% 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 Springwoods Elementary
Springwoods Elementary's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springwoods Elementary this school | 842 | 70.3% | 76.9% |
| John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary Dumfries | 906 | 74.4% | 86.5% |
| Chris Yung Elementary Bristow | 719 | 70.8% | 73.8% |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | 804 | 75.7% | 61.0% |
| Signal Hill Elementary Manassas | 807 | 69.8% | 77.8% |
| Lake Ridge Elementary Woodbridge | 671 | 70.3% | 73.3% |
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 Springwoods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #398 of 1,101 | #33 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #436 of 1,111 ▼ 22 | #31 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #409 of 1,111 ▼ 61 | #30 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #57 of 1,176 | #7 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,049 of 1,105 | #56 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #45 of 1,106 | #11 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #671 of 1,157 | #33 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #52 of 324 | #4 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
842
+79 (+10%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 842 | 47.8 | 17.6:1 | 70% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 47.7 | 18.9:1 | 48% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 47.3 | 18.6:1 | 46% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 763 | 45 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 39.8 | 17.9:1 | 25% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 25% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 20% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 9% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 32 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springwoods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (711 to 842); teachers up 20% (39.8 to 47.8).
About Springwoods Elementary
Springwoods Elementary is a large elementary school in Virginia, located in Woodbridge. The school reports 842 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Prince William County Public Schools is made up of 95 schools with 90,242 students in all.
At Springwoods Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 31%. It is also 29% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Prince William County is roughly 43% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 47.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.6:1. That is 3.8 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Springwoods Elementary is 70%. For comparison, public schools in Prince William County average 55%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Springwoods Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Springwoods Elementary is 7.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 76.9%. Predicted: 69.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Prince William County, the median household income is $131,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Prince William County has 102 public schools and roughly 89,591 students.
The closest other public school is Westridge Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Springwoods Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Springwoods Elementary at 4th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Springwoods Elementary's enrollment climbed from 763 in 2020-21 to 842 in 2024-25.
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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 Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Nearby schools
- Westridge Elementary0.5 mi · 642
- Lake Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Lake Ridge Middle1.1 mi · 1,487
- Old Bridge Elementary1.1 mi · 505
- John D. Jenkins Elementary1.3 mi · 634
- Woodbridge High1.3 mi · 2,898
Frequently asked questions
About Springwoods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Springwoods Elementary?
Springwoods Elementary enrolls approximately 842 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Springwoods Elementary serve?
Springwoods Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Springwoods Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Springwoods Elementary is approximately 17.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Springwoods Elementary?
Student demographics at Springwoods Elementary are roughly 31% White, 29% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Springwoods Elementary?
Springwoods 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.