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Manassas Park City Public Schools


At a glance
123rdof 131 Virginia districts▼ 4
Better than 6% of Virginia districts
100 Park Central Plaza Suite 3
Manassas Park, VA 20111-2395
·(703) 335-8850·All Virginia district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 6.1% of districts
4
Schools
3,392
Students
Top rankedManassas Park High252nd of 331 Virginia high schools
Summary:

Manassas Park City Public Schools is a high-poverty Virginia district serving 3,392 students across four schools: two elementary schools (Cougar Elementary for PK–2 and Manassas Park Elementary for 3–5), one middle school (Manassas Park Middle for 6–8), and one high school (Manassas Park High for 9–12). With roughly 82% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, poverty is a defining characteristic, and the district ranks 123rd out of 131 Virginia districts (6th percentile, 0 stars).

The highest-performing school relative to the state is Manassas Park High (24th percentile), well above the district's 6th percentile. It shines in Geometry (96.3%), Algebra II (100%), Earth Science (64.7%), and VA & US History (100%), but lags in 10th-grade English Reading (50.0%), Biology (52.4%), and Algebra I (60.7%). Manassas Park Middle (20th percentile) shows a striking split: accelerated math students score 98–100% proficiency, while general 7th-grade math sits at just 24.8% versus the state's 51.1%. Manassas Park Elementary is the lowest-ranked school (6th percentile), with every tested subject below state averages, yet it has the best attendance — chronic absenteeism of only 10.8%, below the state average. Cougar Elementary serves PK–2 and has no current test data, but spends the most per student ($12,103) and carries a concerning 19.7% chronic absenteeism rate.

One counterintuitive finding: attendance and achievement do not align. The lowest-performing school has the best attendance, while the highest-performing school — Manassas Park High — has the worst chronic absenteeism (26.0%), likely connected to its below-state graduation (86.6% vs. 92.3%) and dropout (6.8% vs. 5.0%) rates. The middle school's advanced math success alongside low grade-level math proficiency suggests a strong track for select students while the broader population struggles. Since there is one school per grade band, district averages essentially mirror these four schools — the low ranking reflects genuine, school-level academic challenges. Still, targeted interventions in 10th-grade English and Biology, combined with demonstrated strengths in advanced math and history, point to clear potential for improvement.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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