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Enrollment
996
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002800
Coates Elementary
2480 River Birch Rd., Herndon, VA 20171 · (703) 713-3000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
714 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 | 13 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 178 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (123).
Student demographics
75%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
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
59.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 67.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Coates Elementary
Coates Elementary's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coates Elementary this school | 996 | 71.7% | 50.8% |
| Leesylvania Elementary Woodbridge | 759 | 70.8% | 70.9% |
| Kyle R. Wilson Elementary Woodbridge | 875 | 71.4% | 75.5% |
| Lorton Station Elementary Lorton | 745 | 70.2% | 60.2% |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | 804 | 75.7% | 61.0% |
| John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary Dumfries | 906 | 74.4% | 86.5% |
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 Coates Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #963 of 1,101 | #115 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #904 of 1,111 ▲ 83 | #111 of 136 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #998 of 1,111 ▼ 53 | #120 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 996 | #10 of 1,176 | #1 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #615 of 1,105 | #96 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #46 of 1,106 | #7 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #638 of 1,157 | #33 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.0% | #22 of 324 | #3 of 32 |
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
996
+260 (+35%) vs 2020
+53% since 2010-11, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 996 | 70.2 | 14.2:1 | 72% (714) |
| 2023-24 | 951 | 56.9 | 16.7:1 | 61% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 55 | 15.1:1 | 57% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 53 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 53.1 | 13.9:1 | 47% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 55 | 13.9:1 | 46% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 41% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coates Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (738 to 996); teachers up 32% (53.1 to 70.2).
About Coates Elementary
Coates Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Herndon, Virginia. The school counts 996 students across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools includes 199 schools. Together they enroll 179,323 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Coates Elementary, at 33%. Other groups include 27% Black, 18% Asian, 17% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County residents are about 18% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.2:1, with 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 35 points.
Coates Elementary is a bottom-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.8% against a predicted 68.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fairfax County show that the median household income is $153,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Coates Elementary, Fairfax County has 221 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, McNair Elementary is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Coates Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Coates Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 260 more students in 2024-25.
Discussions about Coates Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Herndon
- Herndon HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Carson MiddleMiddle · 1,358 students
- Hutchison ElementaryElementary · 970 students
- Herndon MiddleMiddle · 895 students
- Herndon ElementaryElementary · 792 students
- Floris ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Nearby schools
- McNair Elementary0.9 mi · 520
- McNair Upper Elementary0.9 mi · 605
- Hutchison Elementary0.9 mi · 970
- Floris Elementary1.2 mi · 666
- Carson Middle1.7 mi · 1,358
- Herndon Middle1.9 mi · 895
Frequently asked questions
About Coates ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Coates Elementary?
Coates Elementary enrolls approximately 996 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Coates Elementary serve?
Coates Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Coates Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Coates Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coates Elementary?
At Coates Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 33% Hispanic, 27% Black, 18% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Coates Elementary in?
Coates Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
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