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What's one thing Clermont Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000450
Clermont Elementary
5720 Clermont Dr, Alexandria, VA 22310 · (703) 921-2400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
83 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
60%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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
86.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Clermont Elementary
Clermont Elementary's state test result (86.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont Elementary this school | 549 | 15.1% | 86.3% |
| Mount Daniel Elementary Falls Church | 486 | 15.6% | N/A |
| Glebe Elementary Arlington | 574 | 15.3% | 92.8% |
| Oak Street Elementary Falls Church | 587 | 11.8% | 86.3% |
| Terra Centre Elementary Burke | 594 | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Taylor Elementary Arlington | 530 | 9.1% | 87.4% |
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 Clermont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #131 of 1,101 | #34 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #128 of 1,111 ▲ 47 | #31 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #92 of 1,111 ▲ 28 | #31 of 136 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #465 of 1,176 | #100 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #919 of 1,105 | #127 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #573 of 1,106 | #104 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #1,071 of 1,157 | #101 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #427 of 759 | #55 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
549
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
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 | 549 | 34.4 | 16.0:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 31.3 | 17.2:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 33.8 | 16.4:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 38 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 34.3 | 17.9:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 7% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clermont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (615 to 549); teachers unchanged (34.3 to 34.4).
About Clermont Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Clermont Elementary serves students in Alexandria, Virginia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 549 students enrolled.
The district, Fairfax County Public Schools, has 179,323 students enrolled across 199 schools.
At Clermont Elementary, White students make up 59% of the student body. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. Census figures show Fairfax County is about 49% White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 34.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. Around 15% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 22 points.
Test results at Clermont Elementary are 2.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (86.3% actual, 84.0% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fairfax County show that the median household income is $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Clermont Elementary, Fairfax County has 221 other public schools.
The school nearest to Clermont Elementary is Twain Middle, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Clermont Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Clermont Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 549, starting from 552. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.0:1, from 14.5:1.
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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 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
Other Clermont Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clermont Elementary. Clermont Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Clermont Elementary SchoolQuarryville, PA · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Twain Middle0.4 mi · 1,026
- Bush Hill Elementary0.8 mi · 673
- Rose Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Samuel W. Tucker Elementary1.1 mi · 735
- Cameron Elementary1.1 mi · 606
- Virginia Hills Early Childhood Resource Center1.5 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Clermont ElementaryHow large is Clermont Elementary?
Clermont Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Clermont Elementary serve?
Clermont Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Clermont Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Clermont Elementary.
How diverse is Clermont Elementary?
Clermont Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Clermont Elementary in?
Clermont Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.