Potomac Elementary School

Dahlgren, VA 22448

Phone: (540) 663-3322
District: King Geo County Public Schools

7

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 566 students

Potomac Elementary School, a public school located in Dahlgren, VA, serves grades K-5 in the King Geo County Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Potomac Elementary School is a public school located in Dahlgren, VA. 566 students attend Potomac Elementary School.

School Ratings

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Test Scores 6/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Virginia Standards of Learning data from Virginia Department of Education, and using 2025 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) End-of-Course data from Virginia Department of Education.
Student Growth 8/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Virginia Department of Education.

Posted: June 6, 2017

I have had 3 children at this school and each one was a different situation. Overall the school has issues with dealing with bullying, but other than that the education there was good. I really love the kindergarten teachers!!!

Posted: June 6, 2017

Posted: June 6, 2017

There are good and bad teachers at this school. As with most schools. It is hard for the teachers to concentrate on good students though when there is bad students in the class...the ratio makes it the hardest.

Posted: June 6, 2017

They need a better way to handle their anti-bullying policy. I don't feel they really do much as far as discipline...it is more rewarding, but that is my opinion.

Posted: June 6, 2017

Posted: June 6, 2017

Posted: June 6, 2017

Same as I said before...they could use some better ways to handle bullying children and their bullying parents.

Posted: June 8, 2015

Posted: June 8, 2015

Posted: June 8, 2015

Posted: June 8, 2015

Our experience with PES has been wonderful. The staff and teachers, so far, have been very engaged with the students and easy to work with.

Posted: July 23, 2014

PES is OK, but there is room for improvement. I believe the Principal and Assistant Principal do their best for the children, however the teachers & staff are 50/50. You have half of them who enjoy teaching and caring for all the children's need and you have the other half who are not diverse especially when it comes to the minority children. These teachers prefer to live in the 1930's, 40's and 50's etc when schools were segregated and those type of views have no place in 2014 especially when teaching future generations. I may move to switch districts since I've been told of better experiences for minorities at King George Elementary. PES teachers & some staff please change your attitudes and be fair and respectful to all students & parents. If you experience bad behavior from a few please deal with those few directly and not judge or label a group.

Posted: April 22, 2013

This is a great school. I have my second child there. My oldest came thru PES and is now in HS and in Governors School. The principa and Assistant Principal are great. However, it is quite clear the office staff needs to counseled on professionalism. I have lost count in the number of times I have called and no one in the office could answer my question. I think it would help if they were on a level of continuous process improvement or even put on a performance improvement plan.

Reviews provided by GreatSchools™

# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Presidential Lakes Neighborhood/Subdivision King George VA 9.5 mi
2 Aquia Harbour Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 19.5 mi
3 Manors of Greenridge Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 19.5 mi
4 Stonewall Manor Neighborhood/Subdivision Triangle VA 19.9 mi
5 Amber Hill Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 20.1 mi
6 Embrey Mills Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 20.1 mi
7 Aquia Harbour Neighborhood/Subdivision Aquia Harbour VA 20.2 mi
8 Potomac Shores Neighborhood/Subdivision Dumfries VA 20.5 mi
9 Leeland Station Neighborhood/Subdivision Fredericksburg VA 20.7 mi
10 Potomac Highlands Neighborhood/Subdivision Triangle VA 21.1 mi
11 Woodstream Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 21.3 mi
12 Austin Ridge Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 21.6 mi
13 Hampton Oaks Neighborhood/Subdivision Stafford VA 21.8 mi
14 Clark's Rest Neighborhood/Subdivision Leonardtown MD 22.1 mi
15 Lee Hill Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Fredericksburg VA 22.4 mi
16 Port Potomac Neighborhood/Subdivision Woodbridge VA 22.4 mi
17 Leonard's Grant Neighborhood/Subdivision Leonardtown MD 22.4 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Aquia Landing Park Stafford VA 14.8 mi
2 La Plata La Plata MD 15 mi
3 Public Quarry at Government Island Stafford VA 19.7 mi
4 Stafford Stafford VA 20.2 mi
5 Leeland Station Area Fredericksburg VA 20.3 mi
6 Ferry Farm Area Fredericksburg VA 21.6 mi
7 Downtown Fredericksburg Fredericksburg VA 22.2 mi
8 Leonardtown Area Leonardtown MD 22.5 mi
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