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What's something Sudley Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001323
Sudley Elementary
9744 Copeland Dr, Manassas, VA 20109 · (703) 361-3444 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
443 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
36%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
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Sudley Elementary
Sudley Elementary's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudley Elementary this school | 623 | 71.1% | 58.3% |
| Marumsco Hills Elementary Woodbridge | 564 | 70.0% | 53.9% |
| West Gate Elementary Manassas | 482 | 71.8% | 52.3% |
| Featherstone Elementary Woodbridge | 452 | 70.6% | 81.9% |
| Yorkshire Elementary Manassas | 851 | 70.5% | 62.1% |
| Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Falls Church | 814 | 72.4% | N/A |
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 Sudley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #867 of 1,101 | #58 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #967 of 1,111 ▼ 12 | #62 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,002 of 1,111 ▼ 10 | #62 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #315 of 1,176 | #33 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #844 of 1,105 | #28 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #954 of 1,106 | #61 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #644 of 1,157 | #12 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #483 of 759 | #30 of 45 |
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
623
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 623 | 40.4 | 15.4:1 | 71% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 42.2 | 14.4:1 | 77% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 46.3 | 14.0:1 | 70% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 47 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 47.8 | 14.4:1 | 67% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 61% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 51% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 15% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sudley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (687 to 623); teachers down 16% (47.8 to 40.4).
About Sudley Elementary
Sudley Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Manassas, Virginia. It enrolled 623 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
The district for Sudley Elementary is Prince William County Public Schools, with 95 schools and 90,242 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Sudley Elementary, at 79%. The next largest groups are 8% White, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. In Prince William County overall, about 26% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.4 students per teacher. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 71% of students. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County, the school's rate is higher.
Sudley Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.3%, compared with a predicted 68.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Prince William County show that the median household income is $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 102 public schools in Prince William County, enrolling about 89,591 students in all.
Loch Lomond Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.3% proficiency; Sudley Elementary posts 58.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 613 students in 2020-21 and 623 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.4 students per teacher, compared with 13.0 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sudley Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Loch Lomond Elementary0.7 mi · 480
- West Gate Elementary1.0 mi · 482
- Unity Braxton Middle1.0 mi · 1,055
- C.A. Sinclair Elementary1.2 mi · 636
- Yorkshire Elementary1.5 mi · 851
- Innovation Elementary2.0 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Sudley ElementaryHow many students attend Sudley Elementary?
Sudley Elementary enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sudley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sudley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sudley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sudley Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sudley Elementary?
Sudley Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 79% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sudley Elementary in?
Sudley Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.