Summary:
The 16 public schools serving zip code 22193 in Woodbridge, VA—12 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools within Prince William County Public Schools—educate roughly 13,077 students in a high-poverty community where 15 of 16 schools have more than 68% of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch.
The area's brightest spots are its elementary schools. Sonnie Penn Elementary is the top overall school, ranking in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars, and posts 5th grade math and reading scores near 88% despite a 69.9% poverty rate and only 7.3% chronic absenteeism. Dale City Elementary (71st percentile) and Minnieville Elementary (74th percentile) also earn 4 stars with strong upper-elementary results. In contrast, both middle schools—Stuart M. Beville Middle and George M. Hampton Middle—rank in the bottom quartile, with grade-level math proficiency as low as 26% even though their Algebra I pass rates reach nearly 95–100%. At the high school level, Forest Park High is the zip's best (56th percentile), with notably lower poverty (42.6% vs. 68.3%) and stronger test scores than C.D. Hylton High (27th percentile). Still, both high schools graduate over 95% of students, exceeding state and district averages.
Chronic absenteeism is a key warning sign: the two highest-absenteeism schools—C.D. Hylton High at 20.4% and River Oaks Elementary at 17.6%—are also among the lowest-ranked, while the lowest-absenteeism elementary schools (Sonnie Penn, Kerrydale, Dale City, and Sharon C. McAuliffe) are the highest performers. Spending per student does not predict success; Sonnie Penn spends a modest $11,070 per student while Bel Air Elementary and Enterprise Elementary spend nearly $15,000 yet rank near the 30th percentile. Overall, families have excellent elementary options, a difficult middle-school transition, and a two-tier high school system, with the biggest improvement opportunities in middle school grade-level math and reducing chronic absenteeism at specific schools.
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