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If you could change one rule at Bren Mar Park Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000073
Bren Mar Park Elementary
6344 Beryl Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312 · (703) 914-7200 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
344 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
72%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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 60.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Bren Mar Park Elementary
Bren Mar Park Elementary's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bren Mar Park Elementary this school | 490 | 70.2% | 62.0% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Woodbridge | 547 | 70.4% | 68.4% |
| Occoquan Elementary Woodbridge | 571 | 69.9% | 78.6% |
| Rockledge Elementary Woodbridge | 495 | 69.5% | 70.9% |
| John D. Jenkins Elementary Woodbridge | 634 | 70.2% | 67.5% |
| Minnieville Elementary Woodbridge | 584 | 70.5% | 78.3% |
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 Bren Mar Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #793 of 1,101 | #101 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #754 of 1,111 ▲ 73 | #102 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #789 of 1,111 ▲ 124 | #101 of 136 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #610 of 1,176 | #119 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #238 of 1,105 | #32 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #158 of 1,106 | #38 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #675 of 1,157 | #35 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #669 of 759 | #95 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
490
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 490 | 39.5 | 12.4:1 | 70% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 66% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 56% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 42 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 37.2 | 13.6:1 | 61% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 62% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 57% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 41% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bren Mar Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (505 to 490); teachers up 6% (37.2 to 39.5).
About Bren Mar Park Elementary
Bren Mar Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Alexandria, Virginia. It educates 490 students in pre-K through 5.
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolls 179,323 students, and its 199 schools include Bren Mar Park Elementary.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Bren Mar Park Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 43%. Other students are 20% White, 19% Black, 13% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 18% Hispanic share among all Fairfax County residents. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.4 students per teacher. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 70% of students. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 33 points.
allk12 grades Bren Mar Park Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 69.0% for a school in Virginia with Bren Mar Park Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Bren Mar Park Elementary posts 62.0%.
Fairfax County has these Census figures: the median household income is $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Fairfax County has 222 public schools and roughly 174,475 students.
The next-closest public school is Holmes Middle, about 0.9 miles away. Bren Mar Park Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bren Mar Park Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.0% against a local average of 68.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (481) to 2024-25 (490).
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- Holmes Middle0.9 mi · 881
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology1.3 mi · 2,108
- Weyanoke Elementary1.3 mi · 590
- Springfield Estates Elementary1.3 mi · 596
- Fairfax County Adult High1.3 mi · 226
- Key Middle1.5 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Bren Mar Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bren Mar Park Elementary?
Bren Mar Park Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bren Mar Park Elementary serve?
Bren Mar Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bren Mar Park Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Bren Mar Park Elementary.
How diverse is Bren Mar Park Elementary?
Bren Mar Park Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bren Mar Park Elementary public or private?
Bren Mar Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.