Chesterbrook Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in McLean, Virginia, Chesterbrook Elementary serves 557 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Fairfax County Public Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Chesterbrook Elementary records that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 15% Asian, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chesterbrook Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 3% of students at Chesterbrook Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Chesterbrook Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 90.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Chesterbrook Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Williamsburg Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chesterbrook Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 92.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chesterbrook Elementary has declined 17%, going from 669 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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