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Does Deer Park Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000768
Deer Park Elementary
15109 Carlbern Dr, Centreville, VA 20120 · (703) 802-5000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
198 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
70%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
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Deer Park Elementary
Deer Park Elementary's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Elementary this school | 522 | 37.9% | 71.2% |
| Shrevewood Elementary Falls Church | 579 | 38.0% | 66.5% |
| Ball's Bluff Elementary Leesburg | 465 | 35.3% | 77.5% |
| Horizon Elementary Sterling | 510 | 32.0% | 80.9% |
| Old Bridge Elementary Woodbridge | 505 | 39.2% | 84.8% |
| Evergreen Mill Elementary Leesburg | 569 | 33.7% | 79.6% |
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 Deer Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #547 of 1,101 | #79 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #619 of 1,111 ▼ 84 | #87 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #625 of 1,111 ▲ 85 | #91 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #523 of 1,176 | #109 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #312 of 1,105 | #48 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #212 of 1,106 | #45 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #869 of 1,157 | #60 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #249 of 759 | #36 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
522
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 522 | 40.7 | 12.8:1 | 38% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 40.1 | 13.8:1 | 37% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 31% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 42 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 42.5 | 14.8:1 | 28% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 21% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 16% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 844 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 6% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (628 to 522); teachers down 4% (42.5 to 40.7).
About Deer Park Elementary
Deer Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Centreville, Virginia. A federal count lists 522 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Deer Park Elementary is among 199 schools run by Fairfax County Public Schools, which serves 179,323 students.
Deer Park Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Deer Park Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
At Deer Park Elementary, 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Roughly 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fairfax County, the average is about the same, 37%.
Test results at Deer Park Elementary are 6.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (71.2% actual, 77.8% predicted).
Fairfax County has about 1,147,837 residents, and median household income is about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Fairfax County number 222 and enroll about 174,475.
The next-closest public school is Virginia Run Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Deer Park Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Deer Park Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 522, 6% below the 556 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Deer Park Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Centreville
- Powell ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- Cardinal Ridge ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Bull Run ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Centreville ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- Virginia Run ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Stone MiddleMiddle · 718 students
Other Deer Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Deer Park Elementary. Deer Park Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Deer Park ElementaryNewport News, VA · 433 students
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 957 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolDEER PARK, TX · 661 students
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 524 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolOwensboro, KY · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Virginia Run Elementary0.8 mi · 724
- Stone Middle0.9 mi · 718
- Cub Run Elementary1.0 mi · 620
- London Towne Elementary1.3 mi · 658
- Bull Run Early Childhood Resource Center1.9 mi · 236
- Bull Run Elementary1.9 mi · 766
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Deer Park Elementary?
Deer Park Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-06.
Is Deer Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Park Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Deer Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Deer Park Elementary are roughly 44% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Deer Park Elementary in?
Deer Park Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.