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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000458
Dogwood Elementary
12300 Glade Dr, Reston, VA 20191 · (703) 262-3100 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
734 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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
61%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
39.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 Dogwood Elementary
Dogwood Elementary's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogwood Elementary this school | 745 | 98.5% | 41.5% |
| Annandale Terrace Elementary Annandale | 680 | 96.3% | 52.7% |
| Glen Forest Elementary Falls Church | 779 | 97.6% | 44.8% |
| Weyanoke Elementary Alexandria | 590 | 97.1% | 43.2% |
| Rolling Ridge Elementary Sterling | 562 | 99.5% | 60.1% |
| William Ramsay Elementary Alexandria | 689 | 88.7% | 42.4% |
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 Dogwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,053 of 1,101 | #131 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,047 of 1,111 ▼ 24 | #133 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,084 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #133 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #138 of 1,176 | #34 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #259 of 1,105 | #35 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #549 of 1,106 | #99 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #202 of 1,157 | #2 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #224 of 324 | #26 of 32 |
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
745
+76 (+11%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 745 | 59.4 | 12.5:1 | 99% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 56.9 | 13.0:1 | 86% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 82% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 59 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 55.3 | 12.9:1 | 75% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 73% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 58 | 11.9:1 | 73% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 45 | 12.1:1 | 42% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 43 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dogwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (715 to 745); teachers up 7% (55.3 to 59.4).
About Dogwood Elementary
This page covers Dogwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Reston, Virginia. It had 745 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
The Fairfax County Public Schools system has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
Of every 100 students at Dogwood Elementary, about 59 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 12% White, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Fairfax County's residents are about 18% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dogwood Elementary scores 61%.
Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 59.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Fairfax County averages 37%, lower than here.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 41.5%, is 19.8 points below the 61.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Looking at the county, Fairfax County, the median household earns about $153,637 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Dogwood Elementary, Fairfax County has 222 public schools.
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Dogwood Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 79.3%; Dogwood Elementary's is 41.5%, ranking 8th of 8.
Dogwood Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 745, from 669 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.3:1 to 12.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Dogwood Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Reston
- South Lakes HighHigh · 2,434 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,012 students
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesElementary · 726 students
- Lake Anne ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Terraset ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Sunrise Valley ElementaryElementary · 558 students
Other Dogwood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Dogwood Elementary. Dogwood Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 911 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 663 students
- Dogwood ElementaryHeber, CA · 606 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYCAMDENTON, MO · 592 students
- Dogwood ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences0.9 mi · 726
- Fox Mill Elementary1.2 mi · 650
- Terraset Elementary1.6 mi · 598
- McNair Upper Elementary1.8 mi · 605
- Hughes Middle1.8 mi · 1,012
- South Lakes High1.8 mi · 2,434
Frequently asked questions
About Dogwood ElementaryHow many students attend Dogwood Elementary?
Dogwood Elementary enrolls approximately 745 students in grades PK-06.
Is Dogwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dogwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Dogwood Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Dogwood Elementary.
How diverse is Dogwood Elementary?
Dogwood Elementary reports a student body of 12% White, 59% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Dogwood Elementary in?
Dogwood Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.