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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313000938
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
12505 Kahns Rd, Manassas, VA 20112 · (703) 791-2099 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
165 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 | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
66%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
85.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Thurgood Marshall Elementary's state test result (85.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary this school | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
| Baker-Butler Elementary Charlottesville | 692 | 30.2% | 76.1% |
| Ashlawn Elementary Arlington | 553 | 23.3% | 85.5% |
| Tabb Elementary Yorktown | 707 | 28.9% | 90.8% |
| T. Clay Wood Elementary Nokesville | 754 | 21.6% | 87.1% |
| Newington Forest Elementary Springfield | 579 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #141 of 1,101 | #8 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #206 of 1,111 ▲ 34 | #11 of 64 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #198 of 1,111 ▼ 22 | #10 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #278 of 1,176 | #28 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,030 of 1,105 | #53 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #360 of 1,106 | #38 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #975 of 1,157 | #55 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #720 of 759 | #42 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
642
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 642 | 37.4 | 17.1:1 | 26% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 40.3 | 16.3:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 37.5 | 18.6:1 | 23% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 32.3 | 20.2:1 | 13% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 7% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (652 to 642); teachers up 16% (32.3 to 37.4).
About Thurgood Marshall Elementary
At 12505 Kahns Rd in Manassas, Virginia, Thurgood Marshall Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 642 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 29% above the average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Prince William County Public Schools is responsible for 95 schools, Thurgood Marshall Elementary included, with 90,242 students in all.
White students are 52% of those enrolled at Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 7% Black. That compares with about 43% White among all Prince William County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary has 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 3.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 26% at Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Public schools in Prince William County average 55%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Thurgood Marshall Elementary is 4.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 85.9% actual, 81.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
For the population of Prince William County, median household income comes to about $131,402, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prince William County's 102 public schools enroll about 89,591 students and include Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
The closest school to Thurgood Marshall Elementary is Coles Elementary, located about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.9% against a local average of 77.9%.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (638) and 2024-25 (642).
The Thurgood Marshall Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Thurgood Marshall Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 14.
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryChesapeake, VA · 395 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolMorrow, GA · 801 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryOxnard, CA · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 553 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryLynwood, CA · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Coles Elementary1.6 mi · 431
- Louise A. Benton Middle1.8 mi · 1,339
- Herbert J. Saunders Middle2.1 mi · 1,198
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. High2.1 mi · 2,956
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary2.4 mi · 454
- Rosa Parks Elementary2.4 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall ElementaryHow many students attend Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-05.
Is Thurgood Marshall Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thurgood Marshall Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Student demographics at Thurgood Marshall Elementary are roughly 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Thurgood Marshall 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.