Cunningham Park Elementary

Cunningham Park Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Vienna, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Cunningham Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cunningham Park Elementary reports that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cunningham Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Cunningham Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.6%; this one delivers 69.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Fairfax County shows the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Cunningham Park Elementary is one.

Thoreau Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cunningham Park Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 83.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cunningham Park Elementary has shrank 20%, going from 514 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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