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What tradition at Fairfax Villa Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000464
Fairfax Villa Elementary
10900 Santa Clara Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030 · (703) 267-2800 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
165 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
74%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 Fairfax Villa Elementary
Fairfax Villa Elementary's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Villa Elementary this school | 514 | 32.1% | 82.7% |
| Fairhill Elementary Fairfax | 566 | 35.3% | 79.8% |
| Westgate Elementary Falls Church | 614 | 37.3% | 71.5% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Echo Lake Elementary Glen Allen | 506 | 28.7% | 85.7% |
| Horizon Elementary Sterling | 510 | 32.0% | 80.9% |
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 Fairfax Villa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #235 of 1,101 | #51 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #273 of 1,111 ▲ 4 | #54 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #186 of 1,111 ▲ 8 | #49 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #537 of 1,176 | #112 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #302 of 1,105 | #46 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #77 of 1,106 | #13 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #921 of 1,157 | #70 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #170 of 759 | #22 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
514
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 514 | 40.2 | 12.8:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 40.5 | 13.0:1 | 26% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 39.5 | 13.1:1 | 26% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 44 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 41.8 | 15.4:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 27% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 22% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 25 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfax Villa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (645 to 514); teachers down 4% (41.8 to 40.2).
About Fairfax Villa Elementary
Fairfax Villa Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Fairfax, Virginia. The student body numbers 514 students, from pre-K through 6.
In Fairfax County Public Schools, 199 schools enroll a combined 179,323 students.
Fairfax Villa Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 35%. Other students are 28% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. By comparison, Fairfax County residents are about 49% White. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Fairfax Villa Elementary is 40.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.8:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school counts 165 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 32%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Fairfax Villa Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Fairfax Villa Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 82.7% is 3.3 points above the 79.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Fairfax County, the median household income is $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfax County is home to 222 public schools and about 174,475 public school students.
The school nearest to Fairfax Villa Elementary is Johnson Middle, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 74.6%; Fairfax Villa Elementary's is 82.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 514 students in 2024-25, 21 fewer than the 535 it had in 2020-21.
The Fairfax Villa Elementary community page is open for posts about 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 Fairfax
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Woodson HighHigh · 2,436 students
- Fairfax HighHigh · 2,404 students
- Frost MiddleMiddle · 1,272 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 954 students
Nearby schools
- Johnson Middle1.4 mi · 1,165
- Oak View Elementary1.7 mi · 776
- Providence Elementary1.7 mi · 954
- Daniels Run Elementary1.7 mi · 811
- Robinson Secondary2.0 mi · 3,710
- Eagle View Elementary2.3 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfax Villa ElementaryHow many students attend Fairfax Villa Elementary?
Fairfax Villa Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-06.
Is Fairfax Villa Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairfax Villa Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Fairfax Villa Elementary have?
Fairfax Villa Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairfax Villa Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairfax Villa Elementary are roughly 35% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 28% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Fairfax Villa Elementary in?
Fairfax Villa Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.