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How has Crestwood Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000454
Crestwood Elementary
6010 Hanover Ave, Springfield, VA 22150 · (703) 923-5400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
443 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 | 52 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
43%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
46.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% 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 Crestwood Elementary
Crestwood Elementary's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Elementary this school | 582 | 76.1% | 46.5% |
| Pine Spring Elementary Falls Church | 607 | 74.6% | 62.3% |
| Westlawn Elementary Falls Church | 789 | 77.1% | 44.0% |
| Potomac View Elementary Woodbridge | 557 | 70.7% | 69.8% |
| Sudley Elementary Manassas | 623 | 71.1% | 58.3% |
| Manassas Park Elementary Manassas Park | 712 | 81.9% | 48.5% |
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 Crestwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,017 of 1,101 | #126 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #988 of 1,111 ▲ 34 | #121 of 136 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,045 of 1,111 ▼ 27 | #126 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #396 of 1,176 | #90 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #507 of 1,105 | #73 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #863 of 1,106 | #134 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #562 of 1,157 | #26 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #497 of 759 | #67 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
582
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 582 | 42.3 | 13.8:1 | 76% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 42.5 | 12.9:1 | 73% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 42.5 | 13.3:1 | 68% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 47 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 70% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 67% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 70% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 35% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 17 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (639 to 582); teachers down 10% (47 to 42.3).
About Crestwood Elementary
Crestwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Springfield, Virginia. In all, 582 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Crestwood Elementary is one school in a 199-school district, Fairfax County Public Schools, which enrolls 179,323 students.
About 74% of the student body at Crestwood Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 13% Asian, 9% White, and 2% Black. Among people living in Fairfax County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Crestwood Elementary lists 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.8 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 76% of the student body. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 67.4% for Crestwood Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 46.5%. The 20.9-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Census data for Fairfax County show the median household earns about $153,637 a year, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Crestwood Elementary, Fairfax County has 222 public schools.
Crestwood Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Lynbrook Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Crestwood Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Crestwood Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Crestwood Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Crestwood Elementary had a net gain of 23 students, or 4%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.9:1 to 13.8:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for Crestwood Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Springfield
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Lewis HighHigh · 1,658 students
- Irving MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Sangster ElementaryElementary · 928 students
- Orange Hunt ElementaryElementary · 874 students
- Keene Mill ElementaryElementary · 813 students
Other Crestwood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Crestwood Elementary. Crestwood Elementary is the 4th largest of the 15.
- Crestwood ElementaryRichmond, VA · 635 students
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 731 students
- Crestwood ElementaryVisalia, CA · 594 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 551 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolCrestwood, KY · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Lynbrook Elementary0.6 mi · 595
- Garfield Elementary0.7 mi · 315
- North Springfield Elementary1.2 mi · 465
- Lewis High1.4 mi · 1,658
- Fairfax County Adult High1.5 mi · 226
- Keene Mill Elementary1.5 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood ElementaryHow large is Crestwood Elementary?
Crestwood Elementary enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-06.
Is Crestwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crestwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crestwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crestwood Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Crestwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Crestwood Elementary are roughly 9% White, 74% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Crestwood Elementary in?
Crestwood Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.