📍 17851 Woods View Drive, Dumfries, Prince William County, 22026
Potomac Shores Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dumfries, Prince William County. The school has 1,152 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince William County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Potomac Shores Middle enrolls 1,152 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 73 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 496 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 286 | 25% |
| White | 203 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 90 | 7.8% |
| Asian | 72 | 6.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
565 of the school's 1,152 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 468 qualify for free lunch and 97 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Potomac Shores Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-70, state senate district 36, state house district 2.
Potomac Shores Middle is one of 98 schools in Prince William County Public Schools, based in Manassas, Virginia. The district serves 90,242 students district-wide and employs 5,965 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,152 students, Potomac Shores Middle is larger than the district average of about 921 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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