Summary
Manassas Park High School serves 1,070 students in grades 9–12 and is the only high school in the Manassas Park City Public Schools district in Manassas Park, Virginia. It has the highest economic need in the region, with roughly 82% of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch, compared to 77.5% at Osbourn High, 69.1% at Osbourn Park High, and 20.7% at Chantilly High. Despite serving the highest-need population in the area, the school spends less per student ($9,961) than most neighbors, including Centreville High ($11,449) and Westfield High ($11,149), and it has a higher student-teacher ratio of 16.9-to-1.
The school ranks 252nd out of 331 Virginia high schools (24th percentile), which is low but ahead of nearby Unity Reed High (316th), Osbourn High (315th), and Mountain View High (278th). Test scores present a mixed picture: students perform well in advanced math, with 96.3% proficiency in Geometry and 100% in Algebra II, and 12th graders show 100% proficiency in VA/US History. However, 10th-grade results trail state averages in English Reading (50% vs. 63.9%), Biology (52.4% vs. 68.9%), and Algebra I (60.7% vs. 70.0%). The graduation rate of 86.6% falls short of the state average of 92.3%, but it beats Osbourn High (84.4%), Unity Reed High (79.0%), and Mountain View High (42.7%).
Chronic absenteeism has fallen sharply from 40.2% in 2022–23 to 26.0% in 2024–25, though it remains nearly double the state rate of 14.8%. One standout result: the school ranked 7th out of 245 schools statewide for African American student performance in 2024–25, placing it in the 97th percentile. Manassas Park High has also improved steadily over the past decade, rising from the 8th percentile in 2016–17 to its current 24th percentile. The clearest opportunities for growth are continuing to reduce absenteeism, strengthening 9th- and 10th-grade reading and science instruction, and replicating the success seen in advanced math courses across the wider school community.
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