Churchill Road Elementary

Churchill Road Elementary is a moderately sized primary school in McLean, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools. The school works with 635 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students total), Churchill Road Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Churchill Road Elementary records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 34% Asian, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Churchill Road Elementary lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Churchill Road Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 87.5%, the actual is 94.0%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household income runs about $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Churchill Road Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Cooper Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Churchill Road Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Churchill Road Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 88.3%.

Churchill Road Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Churchill Road Elementary's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 635). Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 42%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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