West Gate Elementary

West Gate Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Manassas, Virginia, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools, with 482 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Prince William County Public Schools, which oversees 95 schools and 90,242 students, West Gate Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, West Gate Elementary shows that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 5% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, West Gate Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Prince William County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, West Gate Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.6%; this one comes in at 52.3%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Prince William County shows the typical household earns roughly $131,402 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. West Gate Elementary is one of 102 public schools in Prince William County (combined enrollment of about 89,591 students).

Unity Braxton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Gate Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Gate Elementary has edged down 17%, going from 584 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 8% to 3% over that span.

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