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Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS), located in Northern Virginia, is a diverse, urban school division serving nearly 8,000 students in nine schools. MCPS takes pride in its economic, ethnic, and racial diversity. 

Supporting all students is a division priority, and, as a result, the school system offers a world class fine arts program and K-12 CTE and STEM curriculums. In recent years, MCPS has significantly increased student achievement in reading, math, science, and social studies; expanded technology access and devices in all schools; established a K-12 STEM program, which includes coding and cyber security and a K-12 CTE program for all students; offered K-12 fine arts with instrumental music instruction beginning in fifth grade; and opened three themed schools: Spanish Dual Immersion, Project Lead the Way (PLTW), and Talents and Gifts. 

In addition, Weems Elementary School was recognized by the National Center for Urban Schools Transformation (NCUST) with the 2015 National Excellence in Urban Education Award. The Metz Middle School Integrated Math and Science (IMS) program was recognized in the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition's 2015 Programs that Work. The division's only high school, Osbourn High School, is a Grammy Signature School and was recognized by U.S. News and World Report in its 2016 Best High Schools' Silver Medal category. Osbourn High School also houses a Governor's STEM Academy, provides each student with a digital learning device, and enables students to participate in the Governor's School at Innovation Park located on the George Mason University Governor's STEM Academy by the Virginia Board of Education in July 2017, making it the first in the greater Prince William region and the twenty-third in the state if Virginia.

MCPS is also proud to be the only school division in the commonwealth with a state-funded, homeschool pre-K program and a city-wide pre-K program with a digital curriculum that is available to all 4-year-old children.