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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002456
Suella G. Ellis Elementary
10400 Kim Graham Lane, Manassas, VA 20109 · (703) 365-0287 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
287 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 | 31 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
47%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
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Suella G. Ellis Elementary
Suella G. Ellis Elementary's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suella G. Ellis Elementary this school | 403 | 71.2% | 60.4% |
| Bel Air Elementary Woodbridge | 391 | 70.6% | 61.8% |
| Dale City Elementary Woodbridge | 443 | 71.1% | 81.8% |
| Enterprise Elementary Woodbridge | 414 | 70.5% | 66.0% |
| Featherstone Elementary Woodbridge | 452 | 70.6% | 81.9% |
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary Falls Church | 475 | 72.2% | 48.2% |
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 Suella G. Ellis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #825 of 1,101 | #56 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #984 of 1,111 ▼ 222 | #63 of 64 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #956 of 1,111 ▼ 3 | #61 of 64 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #808 of 1,176 | #61 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #580 of 1,105 | #13 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #820 of 1,106 | #57 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #641 of 1,157 | #10 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #36 of 759 | #3 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
403
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 403 | 28.7 | 14.1:1 | 71% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 84% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 33 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 42.7 | 13.7:1 | 73% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 73% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 58% (466) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suella G. Ellis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (585 to 403); teachers down 33% (42.7 to 28.7).
About Suella G. Ellis Elementary
Suella G. Ellis Elementary serves students in Manassas, Virginia, as a small elementary school. The school enrolls 403 students in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 95 schools in Prince William County Public Schools totals 90,242 students.
The largest group at Suella G. Ellis Elementary is Hispanic students, at 71%. Other groups make up 10% White, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Prince William County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
There are 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Suella G. Ellis Elementary, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. A total of 287 students, or 71%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Prince William County averages 55%, lower than here.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Suella G. Ellis Elementary outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Suella G. Ellis Elementary is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.4% versus 68.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Looking at the county, Prince William County, median household income comes to about $131,402, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 102 public schools and about 89,591 students.
Among nearby public schools, Unity Reed High is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Suella G. Ellis Elementary. By average proficiency, Suella G. Ellis Elementary is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Suella G. Ellis Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 449 in 2020-21 to 403 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 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
- Unity Reed High0.1 mi · 2,042
- Richard C. Haydon Elementary1.0 mi · 556
- Innovation Elementary1.0 mi · 565
- West Gate Elementary1.2 mi · 482
- Unity Braxton Middle1.3 mi · 1,055
- C.A. Sinclair Elementary1.4 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Suella G. Ellis ElementaryHow large is Suella G. Ellis Elementary?
Suella G. Ellis Elementary enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Suella G. Ellis Elementary serve?
Suella G. Ellis Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Suella G. Ellis Elementary have?
Suella G. Ellis Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Suella G. Ellis Elementary?
Student demographics at Suella G. Ellis Elementary are roughly 10% White, 71% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Suella G. Ellis Elementary?
Suella G. Ellis 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.