Middle · Virginia

Potomac Shores Middle

Free meals for all

Potomac Shores Middle, a public middle school in Dumfries, Virginia: grades 6–8, 1,229 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Prince William County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 1,229
Teachers (FTE): 77.1
Students per teacher: 15.9
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 13.1 · 334 schools compared

More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 91% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 737 · 340 schools compared

Larger than 97% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Prince William County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Prince William County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 17851 Woods View Drive, Dumfries, VA 22026
Phone: (703)291-3590
City or town: Cherry Hill
County: Prince William County

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Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Graham Park MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	713	13.1	1.9 mi
Potomac MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	931	12.9	2.3 mi
Rippon MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	1,200	14.3	4.3 mi
George M. Hampton MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	893	12.2	5.7 mi
Woodbridge MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	873	14.0	6.1 mi
Fred M. Lynn MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	973	12.6	6.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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