Featherstone Elementary School

14805 Blackburn Road

School District

Prince William County Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 21, 2025

Featherstone Elementary is a great school under an amazing leadership team. I am glad my kids are going to this school, and have the opportunity to be a part of this community.
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2019

Kindergarten was amazing year but first to third grade were horrible. If you don’t have any other option but to send your child here, I would say stay on top of everything. Don’t let the teachers/principal dismiss your complaints/concerns. If not then enroll your child in an activity/care that will drop and pick your child from school, that way you can choose the school of your choice.
Submitted by parent on May 08, 2018

I love Featherstone Elementary School. I am proud to have my sons go here. I am active in PTO, volunteering and that helps you stay involved in what is going on at your kids school. Teachers work very effectively with the students. The school is predominantly Latino, and as a 1st generation Latina-American raising 2nd generation Latino-American sons, I know firsthand how hard it can be having parents at home that cannot help with homework, school projects, reading at nights because of the language barrier. This, unfortunately, reflects on test scores. I do believe the school teaches to the best of their ability despite these barriers and goes above and beyond to make sure the students are learning the curriculum.
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2016

Communications is the worst my child is mark I excuse from school even with notes because letter are misplace . Everything is misplace, and how is it you can't visit your own child at the school even if it outside the door to see how they acting. And how does my child get sick or hurt and no body know anything about it until I have to take the child to the hospital
Submitted by parent on November 04, 2014

I cannot say enough good things about the wonderful teachers, staff and principal. The teachers are dedicated and passionate about education. So far I continue to be pleasantly surprised and impressed by how caring, involved and wonderful the staff is at this school. There are so many ways kids learn and develop. I truly feel that the staff works hard at providing many of those learning opportunities for the kids.
Submitted by parent on July 07, 2014

My son will be entering his last year at Featherstone Elementary in the 2014/2015 school year. From Kindergarten to 4th grade, my son has had the pleasure of having amazing, professional, dedicated and caring teachers. As a hands on parent, I appreciate the quick responses to my inquiries and the willingness all his teachers have shown to make time to address my concerns. My son has had to utilize the school's Special Education resources. The team in place is excellent and has been instrumental to his academic growth. I am kept aware of my child's progress and always given the opportunity to share my own ideas as it relates to his academic needs. The school has an amazing community presence holding coat drives, canned food drives, back to school drives, and free flea markets all to benefit its students and support the community. All in all I have had an amazing experience with Featherstone Elementary. From Kindergarten and now going to 5th grade, I couldn't have asked for a better elementary school experience. From the hands on principal, to the friendly and efficient front office staff, to the dedicated and "go the extra mile" teachers, FES really is a school of excellence.
Submitted by parent on May 29, 2014

This school is ok but there is just too much bullying on the school bus something need to been done. the older kids is bullying the smaller kids calling them names and messing with them your child should be happy to go to school not sad!!!!! this is just crazy not good at all
Submitted by parent on January 30, 2014

We moved around Featherstone and so my child went there the first day when she came home she had a very bad stomachache she said the food tasted horrible and there was mold and hair in the food I was not so happy. She also said some teachers were mean they yelled at her for no reason.
Submitted by parent on January 03, 2012

This school has gone down hill significantly in the past 5 years. We moved into the area in 2010, and were immediately warned by several different families in the neighborhood to avoid this school at all costs. We decided to look at the school for our daughter with potentially fatal allergy to nuts and judge for ourselves. We took an open-minded approach, and ultimately decided to put her in a different school for the following reasons: Safety: Bullying is an issue, and there is little or nothing done about it. There is a thick, wooded area that surrounds the school; no fencing, and not enough adult supervision during recess; poor SOL scores; we looked at the last 3 to 5 years of scores and they have progressively dropped. The on-staff nurse admitted she had never been trained in nor ever had to use an epi-pen; but she was "sure she could figure it out" - not something we wanted to hear as parents. Even the County representative called and asked us to reconsider; since our daughter's placement assessments showed her as gifted; she wanted us to let her go there anyway to "help raise their scores". This school was not for us.