Baldwin Elementary, 1978 Eagle Way: pre-K to grade 4, 648 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, framework score 83.53. Office: 571-377-6100.

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: Baldwin Elementary School, Manassas City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Baldwin Elementary School serves pre-K through fourth grade at 1978 Eagle Way for Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS), one of the division’s five elementary schools. It had 648 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows. It shares its building near downtown with Baldwin Intermediate, which serves fifth and sixth grade.

Who to call
Address 1978 Eagle Way, Manassas, VA 20110
Phone 571-377-6100
Grades Pre-K to 4
School day 8:35 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Website mcpsva.org/o/bes
Division Manassas City Public Schools

Principal

Principal Dave Rupert, according to the school’s about page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 648 students in fall 2025, compared with 692 in fall 2024 and 687 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 116 in kindergarten, 130 in first grade, 106 in second grade, 116 in third grade and 131 in fourth grade; the state’s grade table does not count pre-K.
  • Federal count: 618 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation means a school “submitted all required evidence to the Department of Education as prescribed in the Standards of Accreditation,” in the words of the state profile. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations and Needs Intensive Support.

  • Accreditation: Fully Accredited, the state’s designation for the 2025-26 school year.
  • Framework score: 83.53, performance level Meets Expectations, in the state’s division summary.
  • Federal accountability: “Not Identified for Support and Improvement” for 2025-26, the profile shows.

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed, third and fourth grade tests):

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Virginia, all grades, 2025-26
English reading 59% 60% 65% 74%
Math 58% 63% 69% 73%

The full profile breaks the results down by grade and student group and also reports attendance and teacher data.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Five elementary zones divide the city. Enter an address in the division’s WebQuery lookup and choose the grade (PK for preschool) to see the assigned school and bus stop. Our neighborhoods guide puts Oakenshaw in the Baldwin zone, along with parts of Downtown and Wellington, based on the city’s 2017 school boundary map.

In addresses we checked in the division’s WebQuery lookup on Oct. 20, the Baldwin zone was split for fifth and sixth grade: some homes were assigned to Baldwin Intermediate and others to Mayfield Intermediate. Every city student then attends Grace E. Metz Middle and Osbourn High.

The zone stops at the city line. Many homes with a Manassas mailing address are in Prince William County, which runs its own schools. Kindergarten registration is for children who turn 5 on or before Sept. 30, the division’s registration page says.

Calendar and bell times

From the division’s 2026-27 calendar:

  • Wednesday, Oct. 21: early release for students
  • Monday, Nov. 2: parent-teacher conferences; no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day; no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day; schools and offices closed
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Monday, Jan. 4
  • March 29 to April 2: spring break
  • Friday, June 4: last day of school, early release

The division’s school profiles page sets Baldwin’s hours at 8:35 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., with early release at 12:50 p.m.. Weather closings and delays are posted on the division’s inclement weather page; on two-hour delay days there is no pre-K.

About the school

The school’s about page calls Baldwin a Title I school and lists math, science, social studies, Project Lead the Way, art, music, physical education, library, reading and math resource, gifted and talented, ESOL and special education. The division’s fast facts page says Project Lead the Way’s elementary program is offered at Baldwin.

The school is named for Isaac P. Baldwin, who came to Manassas shortly after the Civil War and served as postmaster, the about page says. The division’s profiles page lists the school as opened in 1977, the year the city started its own school system.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Baldwin Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fourth grade. It had 648 students in fall 2025, according to the state.

How is Baldwin Elementary rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 83.53, which the state rates Meets Expectations.

Which schools does Baldwin Elementary feed into?

Baldwin Intermediate or Mayfield Intermediate for fifth and sixth grade, depending on the address, then Grace E. Metz Middle and Osbourn High.

What time does Baldwin Elementary start?

The school day runs from 8:35 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., with early release days ending at 12:50 p.m., according to the division’s school profiles page.