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District profile / Virginia

Prince William County Public Schools

Manassas, Virginia · Public school district · #2 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

Compare with peers
90,242
Students
2024-25 school year
98
Schools
2024-25 school year
$13,020
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median
15.2
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Prince William County Public Schools is a public school district based in Manassas, Virginia, serving 90,242 students in 98 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 921 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,020 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.2 students per teacher. We've matched 25 news stories to the district.

How Prince William County compares

Prince William CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$13,020
Virginia median $12,729 · about the same · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,391
Virginia median $7,559 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school921
Virginia median 509 · 81% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher15.2
Virginia median 13.3 · 14% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor278
Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.43 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 11%State 43%Local 47%
MeasurePrince William CountyVirginia medianYear
Current spending per student$13,020$12,729FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,391$7,559FY2020-21
Total spending$1.31 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.43 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)5,920n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)13,909n/a2024-25
Students per teacher15.213.32024-25
Students per counselor2782902024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Virginia median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

25 stories matched

Peer districts in Virginia

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Prince William County Public SchoolsManassas · this district90,24298$13,02015.2#2
Loudoun County Public SchoolsAshburn81,486102$17,39312.1#3
Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVirginia Beach64,73188$12,86914.3#4
Chesterfield County Public SchoolsChesterfield64,19473$10,88613.5#5
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico50,91579$11,07114.9#6

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
DeKalb CountyStone Mountain, GA91,752$13,66813.6
Denver Public SchoolsDenver, CO90,471$13,80415.1
Pinellas County SchoolsLargo, FL87,876$11,03915.9
Fulton CountyAtlanta, GA87,019$12,50614.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-va-prince-william-county-public-schools