Suella G. Ellis Elementary

As a modestly sized primary school in Manassas, Virginia, Suella G. Ellis Elementary caters to 403 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools.

Prince William County Public Schools comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 90,242 students; Suella G. Ellis Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Suella G. Ellis Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 10% White, 8% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Suella G. Ellis Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Prince William County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Suella G. Ellis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Prince William County shows median household income runs about $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Prince William County runs 102 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students), of which Suella G. Ellis Elementary is one.

Unity Reed High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Suella G. Ellis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Suella G. Ellis Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 17% to 7% over that span.

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