Annandale Terrace Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Annandale, Virginia, Annandale Terrace Elementary works with 680 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 499.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Annandale Terrace Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Annandale Terrace Elementary lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black, 14% Asian, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Annandale Terrace Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Annandale Terrace Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the broader community, Fairfax County reports that the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Annandale Terrace Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Annandale High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Annandale Terrace Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

Annandale Terrace Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Annandale Terrace Elementary has climbed 4%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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