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What's something Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126003033
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
6245 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22044 · (703) 503-2700 · Fairfax County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
472 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 185 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences this school | 539 | 87.6% | 46.7% |
| Weems Elementary Manassas | 556 | 86.3% | 57.0% |
| Richard C. Haydon Elementary Manassas | 556 | 87.1% | 56.7% |
| Jennie Dean Elementary Manassas | 579 | 89.1% | 49.8% |
| Graham Road Elementary Falls Church | 438 | 92.7% | 40.5% |
| Waterman Elementary Harrisonburg | 557 | 87.1% | 46.8% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,016 of 1,101 | #125 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #977 of 1,111 ▲ 17 | #120 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,046 of 1,111 ▲ 36 | #127 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #485 of 1,176 | #103 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #465 of 1,105 | #66 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #913 of 1,106 | #137 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #390 of 1,157 | #12 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #578 of 759 | #78 of 110 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
539
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 539 | 39.6 | 13.6:1 | 88% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 43.7 | 12.0:1 | 88% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 39.8 | 13.1:1 | 83% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 48 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 45.3 | 12.7:1 | 75% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (576 to 539); teachers down 12% (45.3 to 39.6).
About Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
Students in Falls Church, Virginia, attend Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 5 attend, and enrollment is 539 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools runs Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences along with 198 other schools, enrolling 179,323 students in total.
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County residents are about 18% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences comes in at 39%.
Staffing totals 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is 88%. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences ranks in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools. It scores 46.7%; the prediction is 64.3%.
In the county around the school, Fairfax County, median household income is about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is among the 222 public schools in Fairfax County.
Arlington Traditional is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences's average proficiency of 46.7% compares with 69.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 3%, from 525 to 539. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.9:1 to 13.6:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
Nearby schools
- Arlington Traditional0.8 mi · 624
- Justice High0.8 mi · 2,357
- Ashlawn Elementary1.0 mi · 553
- Jessie Thackrey Preschool1.1 mi · 73
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary1.2 mi · 475
- Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.2 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesHow many students attend Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences serve?
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is approximately 13.6:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
At Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, the student body is approximately 12% White, 77% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences public or private?
Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
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