Manassas, Virginia

Manassas is an independent city located in the state of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 35,135. This city is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis combines the city of Manassas (along with Manassas Park) with Prince William County for statistical purposes. The City of Manassas is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.

Schools

Manassas is an independent school district. There are five elementary schools in Manassas, one middle school, and one high school.

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Elementary Schools

• Baldwin Elementary School
• R.C. Haydon Elementary School
• George C. Round Elementary School
• Weems Elementary School
• Jennie Dean Elementary School

Middle Schools

• Grace E. Metz Middle School
• Constructed in 1991.

High Schools

• Osbourn High School
• Originally built as a temporary high school while a new, larger structure was being built. Around this time, however, the City of Manassas split away from the Prince William County school system and became an independent school district. In 2000 the entire school, excluding the vocational wing, was rebuilt from the ground up.