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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000466
Fairhill Elementary
3001 Chichester Ln, Fairfax, VA 22031 · (703) 208-8100 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
200 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 63% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
75%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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
| 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 Fairhill Elementary
Fairhill Elementary's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhill Elementary this school | 566 | 35.3% | 79.8% |
| Fairfax Villa Elementary Fairfax | 514 | 32.1% | 82.7% |
| Horizon Elementary Sterling | 510 | 32.0% | 80.9% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Shrevewood Elementary Falls Church | 579 | 38.0% | 66.5% |
| Dominion Trail Elementary Ashburn | 566 | 44.0% | 69.8% |
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 Fairhill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #311 of 1,101 | #59 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #400 of 1,111 ▼ 95 | #67 of 136 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #350 of 1,111 ▼ 14 | #66 of 136 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #433 of 1,176 | #96 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #570 of 1,105 | #88 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #64 of 1,106 | #12 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #893 of 1,157 | #64 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #671 of 759 | #97 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
566
+41 (+8%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 566 | 40.3 | 14.0:1 | 35% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 39.2 | 13.9:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 39.3 | 14.0:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 41 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 34.3 | 17.0:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 15% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 18 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairhill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (583 to 566); teachers up 18% (34.3 to 40.3).
About Fairhill Elementary
Fairhill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Fairfax, Virginia. It reported 566 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolls 179,323 students, and its 199 schools include Fairhill Elementary.
The student body at Fairhill Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 36%. Other groups make up 24% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Fairhill Elementary are from different groups.
Fairhill Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 35% at Fairhill Elementary. That is in line with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Fairhill Elementary outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 78.5%.
The school's county is Fairfax County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfax County's 222 public schools enroll about 174,475 students and include Fairhill Elementary.
Fairhill Elementary is about 1.0 miles from Jackson Middle, its nearest public school. Fairhill Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Fairhill Elementary's average proficiency of 79.8% compares with 77.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Fairhill Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% rise took enrollment from 525 in 2020-21 to 566 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
The allk12 page for Fairhill Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Jackson Middle1.0 mi · 991
- Marshall Road Elementary1.3 mi · 691
- Thoreau Middle1.4 mi · 1,239
- Stenwood Elementary1.4 mi · 538
- Cunningham Park Elementary1.6 mi · 412
- Mantua Elementary1.6 mi · 909
Frequently asked questions
About Fairhill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairhill Elementary?
Fairhill Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Fairhill Elementary serve?
Fairhill Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Fairhill Elementary have?
Fairhill Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairhill Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairhill Elementary are roughly 36% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Fairhill Elementary in?
Fairhill Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.