Fairhill Elementary

Fairhill Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Fairfax, Virginia, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools, works with 566 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Fairhill Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that works with 179,323 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fairhill Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Fairhill Elementary shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at Fairhill Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fairhill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.5%; this one delivers 79.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) shows that median household income runs about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Fairhill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jackson Middle, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairhill Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.