Prince William County Public Schools

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Prince William County Public Schools
Providing A World-Class Education
Address
14800 Joplin Road Manassas, Virginia 20112
Information
School board	Milton C. Johns, chairman At-Large Grant Lattin, vice chairman (Occoquan) Donald P. Richardson (Gainesville) Gilbert A. Trendum (Brentsville) Betty D. Covington (Dumfries) Denita S. Ramirez (Woodbridge) Julie C. Lucas (Neabsco) Michael Otaigbe (Coles)
Superintendent	Steven L. Walts, Ed.D.
Enrollment	72,654 (2007)
School type	Public School district
Grades	Pre-K–12
Area	Prince William County, Virginia
Campus	Suburban
Founded	1731
Homepage	http://www.pwcs.edu/

Prince William County Public Schools is a Virginia school division with its headquarters in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, United States. As of Sept. 15, 2007, the estimated population of the county was 383,644.

PWCS is the second largest school district in Virginia enrolling approximately 72,654 students in the 2007-2008 school year. Prince William County Public Schools district is the fourth largest school district in Washington Metropolitan Area after Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland school districts.

Prince William County's illegal immigration crackdown, according to the Prince William County School System, has led to the enrollment in the English as a Second Language class to drop by 759 students from September 2007 to March 2008. Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart says the county expects to save $6 million in education costs because of the transfers. ^[1]

[edit] Schools

In May of 2007, Newsweek Magazine released its annual list of "Best High Schools in America" for 2006. All ten main high schools in Prince William County appeared on that list within the top 1200 schools in the nation.

[edit] High schools

[edit] Middle schools

[edit] Elementary Schools

[edit] Other

• Independent Hill School/PACE East, special education school for middle & high school students
• New Directions Alternative School, special school for students who are not successful in their base school
• New Dominion Alternative School, special school for middle school students
• PACE West, a special education school providing services to students with serious emotional and behavior problems
• Pennington School, rigorous school for first through eighth graders
• Porter Traditional School, specialty school for first through eighth graders
• Woodbine Preschool Center, a center for preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of school divisions in Virginia

[edit] External links

• Prince William County Public Schools
• School Directory
• Official Website of Prince William County Government