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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002118
Crossfield Elementary
2791 Fox Mill Rd, Herndon, VA 20171 · (703) 295-1100 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
42 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 40% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
59%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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Crossfield Elementary
Crossfield Elementary's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossfield Elementary this school | 513 | 8.2% | 85.3% |
| Forestville Elementary Great Falls | 571 | 6.1% | 94.0% |
| Stenwood Elementary Vienna | 538 | 10.8% | 88.2% |
| Archer Elementary Vienna | 543 | 14.0% | 86.8% |
| Sycolin Creek Elementary Leesburg | 452 | 10.0% | 86.6% |
| J.W. Alvey Elementary Haymarket | 523 | 9.6% | 89.3% |
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 Crossfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #164 of 1,101 | #39 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #194 of 1,111 ▲ 20 | #48 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #143 of 1,111 ▲ 5 | #45 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #543 of 1,176 | #114 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #291 of 1,105 | #43 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #582 of 1,106 | #107 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #1,133 of 1,157 | #124 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #117 of 759 | #17 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
513
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 513 | 40.3 | 12.7:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 37.1 | 15.0:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 40.9 | 16.4:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 34 | 22.1:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 850 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 3% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 871 | 44 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crossfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (669 to 513); teachers down 1% (40.9 to 40.3).
About Crossfield Elementary
At 2791 Fox Mill Rd in Herndon, Virginia, Crossfield Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 513 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Crossfield Elementary included, with 179,323 students in all.
White students are the majority at Crossfield Elementary, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 49% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 40.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.7:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. On average, public schools in Fairfax County report 37%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Crossfield Elementary is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 85.3%. Predicted: 85.9%.
Crossfield Elementary is located in Fairfax County, where the median household income is $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Crossfield Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, is about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Crossfield Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Crossfield Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 513, a 5% decrease from 542 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
- Coates ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Hutchison ElementaryElementary · 970 students
- Herndon MiddleMiddle · 895 students
- Herndon ElementaryElementary · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.2 mi · 726
- Fox Mill Elementary1.4 mi · 650
- South Lakes High1.7 mi · 2,434
- Terraset Elementary1.8 mi · 598
- Hughes Middle1.9 mi · 1,012
- Dogwood Elementary2.0 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Crossfield ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Crossfield Elementary?
Crossfield Elementary enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Crossfield Elementary serve?
Crossfield Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Crossfield Elementary have?
Crossfield Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Crossfield Elementary?
Crossfield Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 23% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Crossfield Elementary?
Crossfield Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
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