Dogwood Elementary

Dogwood Elementary is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Reston, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, with 745 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Dogwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Dogwood Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 12% White, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dogwood Elementary has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dogwood Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.3%; actual is 41.5%, a gap of -19.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household earnings sit near $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Dogwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dogwood Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 79.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Dogwood Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 745). Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 59% across the same window.

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