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How has Centreville Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000775
Centreville Elementary
14330 Green Trails Blvd, Centreville, VA 20121 · (703) 502-3500 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
274 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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
74%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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Centreville Elementary
Centreville Elementary's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centreville Elementary this school | 741 | 37.0% | 80.8% |
| Westgate Elementary Falls Church | 614 | 37.3% | 71.5% |
| Steuart W. Weller Elementary Ashburn | 710 | 39.2% | 79.8% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Fairhill Elementary Fairfax | 566 | 35.3% | 79.8% |
| Buckland Mills Elementary Gainesville | 735 | 30.2% | 82.3% |
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 Centreville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #294 of 1,101 | #56 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #277 of 1,111 ▲ 95 | #58 of 136 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #266 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #59 of 136 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #145 of 1,176 | #38 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #642 of 1,105 | #99 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #83 of 1,106 | #16 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #882 of 1,157 | #63 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #337 of 759 | #46 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
741
-57 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 741 | 51.7 | 14.3:1 | 37% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 51.2 | 15.1:1 | 37% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 57.3 | 13.6:1 | 37% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 798 | 55 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 53 | 16.2:1 | 26% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 20% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 22% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 979 | 56 | 17.5:1 | 10% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centreville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (857 to 741); teachers down 2% (53 to 51.7).
About Centreville Elementary
Centreville Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Centreville, Virginia, (ZIP code 20121). It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 741 students. It has 48% more students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolls 179,323 students in 199 schools, including Centreville Elementary.
At Centreville Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 34%. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Fairfax County, the White share is about 49%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
With 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Centreville Elementary, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
Centreville Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Centreville Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.8%, compared with a predicted 78.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
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 roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 222 public schools and about 174,475 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Centre Ridge Elementary, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Centreville Elementary is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Centreville Elementary as 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 fell 7%.
Centreville Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Centreville
- Powell ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- Cardinal Ridge ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Bull Run ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Virginia Run ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Stone MiddleMiddle · 718 students
- London Towne ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other Centreville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Centreville Elementary. Centreville Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Centreville Elementary SchoolCentreville, MD · 535 students
- Centreville Elementary SchoolCENTREVILLE, MI · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Centre Ridge Elementary0.5 mi · 635
- Union Mill Elementary1.2 mi · 874
- Mountain View High1.5 mi · 145
- Liberty Middle1.6 mi · 913
- Centreville High1.6 mi · 2,347
- London Towne Elementary1.7 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Centreville ElementaryHow large is Centreville Elementary?
Centreville Elementary enrolls approximately 741 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Centreville Elementary serve?
Centreville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Centreville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Centreville Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Centreville Elementary?
Centreville Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Centreville Elementary in?
Centreville Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.