Jennie Dean Elementary, 9615 Jennie Dean Way: pre-K to grade 4, 573 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, framework score 73.84. Office: 571-377-6300.

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

Jennie Dean Elementary School serves pre-K through fourth grade at 9615 Jennie Dean Way for Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS), one of the division’s five elementary schools. It had 573 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows. Its teams and mascot are the Dolphins. The federal directory still lists the old address, 9601 Prince William St.; the school and the division now give 9615 Jennie Dean Way.

Who to call
Address 9615 Jennie Dean Way, Manassas, VA 20110
Phone 571-377-6300
Grades Pre-K to 4
School day 8:35 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Website mcpsva.org/o/jdes
Division Manassas City Public Schools

Principal

Interim Principal Ed Stephenson, according to the school’s about page, which names Jennifer Mullen as interim assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 573 students in fall 2025, compared with 649 in fall 2024 and 651 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 94 in kindergarten, 102 in first grade, 94 in second grade, 105 in third grade and 105 in fourth grade; the state’s grade table does not count pre-K.
  • Federal count: 578 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 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: 73.84, performance level Approaching 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 51% 51% 52% 74%
Math 40% 55% 59% 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 Bristoe Station and most of Wellington in the Jennie Dean zone, with parts of Downtown and Georgetown South, based on the city’s 2017 school boundary map.

In addresses we checked in the division’s WebQuery lookup on Oct. 20, homes in the Jennie Dean zone were assigned to Mayfield Intermediate for fifth and sixth grade. 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 Jennie Dean’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

A new building. The division’s new Jennie Dean project page says the School Board chose to build a new school instead of repairing the 60-year-old building, and posts the architects’ updates from November and December 2023. The school’s about page now gives its address as 9615 Jennie Dean Way.

The school’s daily schedule, from its about page: the office is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., kiss and ride runs 8:20 to 8:35 a.m., and students are marked late from 8:30 a.m. Report an absence on the attendance line, 571-377-6303.

The school carries the name of Jennie Dean, who in 1893 set out to found the Manassas Industrial School for African American children. The about page says the school later served as a regional high school, became a middle school when the city started its own division in 1977, and reopened as an elementary school 13 years later.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Jennie Dean Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fourth grade. It had 573 students in fall 2025, according to the state.

How is Jennie Dean Elementary rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 73.84, which the state rates Approaching Expectations.

Which schools does Jennie Dean Elementary feed into?

Mayfield Intermediate for fifth and sixth grade, in the addresses we checked in the division’s WebQuery lookup, then Grace E. Metz Middle and Osbourn High.

What time does Jennie Dean 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.