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What advice would you give to incoming students at Cunningham Park Elementary?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000455
Cunningham Park Elementary
1001 Park St SE, Vienna, VA 22180 · (703) 255-5600 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
144 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
66%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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Cunningham Park Elementary
Cunningham Park Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham Park Elementary this school | 412 | 35.0% | 69.5% |
| Long Branch Elementary Arlington | 442 | 33.7% | 72.1% |
| Ball's Bluff Elementary Leesburg | 465 | 35.3% | 77.5% |
| Columbia Elementary Annandale | 377 | 41.6% | 74.8% |
| Belle View Elementary Alexandria | 419 | 37.7% | 68.2% |
| Old Bridge Elementary Woodbridge | 505 | 39.2% | 84.8% |
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 Cunningham Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #607 of 1,101 | #86 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #561 of 1,111 ▲ 148 | #80 of 136 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #475 of 1,111 ▲ 89 | #73 of 136 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #784 of 1,176 | #130 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #51 of 1,105 | #8 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #381 of 1,106 | #76 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #897 of 1,157 | #65 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #182 of 759 | #26 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
412
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 412 | 38.8 | 10.6:1 | 35% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 37.4 | 10.9:1 | 32% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 36.5 | 11.9:1 | 31% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 37 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 33.6 | 15.3:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 29% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 19% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 21 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cunningham Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (514 to 412); teachers up 16% (33.6 to 38.8).
About Cunningham Park Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Vienna, Virginia, Cunningham Park Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. The school serves 412 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Within Fairfax County Public Schools, Cunningham Park Elementary is one of 199 schools. The district enrolls 179,323 students.
Cunningham Park Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. Other students are 37% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.6 students per teacher. That is 3.2 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 35% of students. For comparison, public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.6% for Cunningham Park Elementary. The school posts 69.5%, 9.1 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fairfax County, the median household income is $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Cunningham Park Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Thoreau Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Cunningham Park Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cunningham Park Elementary at 6th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: 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 33 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cunningham Park Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Vienna
- Oakton HighHigh · 2,621 students
- Madison HighHigh · 2,090 students
- Thoreau MiddleMiddle · 1,239 students
- Kilmer MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Westbriar ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Colvin Run ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Thoreau Middle0.6 mi · 1,239
- Vienna Elementary1.0 mi · 357
- Marshall Road Elementary1.1 mi · 691
- Stenwood Elementary1.2 mi · 538
- Dunn Loring Early Childhood Resource Center1.3 mi · 266
- Kilmer Middle1.6 mi · 1,199
Frequently asked questions
About Cunningham Park ElementaryHow many students attend Cunningham Park Elementary?
Cunningham Park Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Cunningham Park Elementary serve?
Cunningham Park Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cunningham Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cunningham Park Elementary is approximately 10.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cunningham Park Elementary?
Cunningham Park Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 37% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cunningham Park Elementary?
Cunningham Park Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.