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What's one thing Canterbury Woods Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000441
Canterbury Woods Elementary
4910 Willet Dr, Annandale, VA 22003 · (703) 764-5600 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
97 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 64% smaller than its 6th grade class (149).
Student demographics
69%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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Canterbury Woods Elementary
Canterbury Woods Elementary's state test result (89.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Woods Elementary this school | 735 | 13.2% | 89.7% |
| Waples Mill Elementary Oakton | 750 | 12.5% | 87.2% |
| Oakton Elementary Oakton | 795 | 13.2% | 87.0% |
| Mantua Elementary Fairfax | 909 | 15.7% | 89.2% |
| Belmont Station Elementary Ashburn | 605 | 19.7% | 83.5% |
| Piney Branch Elementary Bristow | 760 | 21.4% | 84.3% |
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 Canterbury Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #63 of 1,101 | #17 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #42 of 1,111 ▲ 35 | #13 of 136 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #48 of 1,111 ▼ 7 | #18 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #151 of 1,176 | #40 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #623 of 1,105 | #98 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #263 of 1,106 | #53 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #1,090 of 1,157 | #108 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #470 of 759 | #62 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
735
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 735 | 51.7 | 14.2:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 48.9 | 16.3:1 | 14% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 14% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 50 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 46.3 | 17.5:1 | 12% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canterbury Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (812 to 735); teachers up 12% (46.3 to 51.7).
About Canterbury Woods Elementary
Located in Annandale, Virginia, Canterbury Woods Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 735 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Besides Canterbury Woods Elementary, Fairfax County Public Schools runs 198 other schools. The district enrolls 179,323 students.
At Canterbury Woods Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. The remaining students are 23% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. Fairfax County residents are about 49% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Canterbury Woods Elementary reported 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.2:1. That is in line with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. There are 97 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 13% of enrollment. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
Canterbury Woods Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 90% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Canterbury Woods Elementary would be expected to post about 84.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.7%.
For Fairfax County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $153,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 222 public schools in the county, enrolling about 174,475, Canterbury Woods Elementary among them.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Little Run Elementary, is the closest to Canterbury Woods Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Canterbury Woods Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Canterbury Woods Elementary is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Canterbury Woods Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 14.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Annandale
- Annandale HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Braddock ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- Poe MiddleMiddle · 879 students
- Mason Crest ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Annandale Terrace ElementaryElementary · 680 students
- Camelot ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Little Run Elementary1.0 mi · 264
- Wakefield Forest Elementary1.1 mi · 626
- Kings Park Elementary1.2 mi · 653
- Kings Glen Elementary1.4 mi · 476
- Lake Braddock Secondary1.5 mi · 4,411
- Olde Creek Elementary1.6 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Canterbury Woods ElementaryHow large is Canterbury Woods Elementary?
Canterbury Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Canterbury Woods Elementary serve?
Canterbury Woods Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Canterbury Woods Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Canterbury Woods Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canterbury Woods Elementary?
At Canterbury Woods Elementary, the student body is approximately 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 23% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Canterbury Woods Elementary?
Canterbury Woods Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
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