Floris Elementary

Floris Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Herndon, Virginia, run under Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 666 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Floris Elementary sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students total), Floris Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Floris Elementary logs that 51% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Floris Elementary records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at Floris Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Floris Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.9%, the actual is 85.0%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household earnings sit near $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Floris Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

The closest other public school is Carson Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Floris Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.5%.

Floris Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 771 students in 2018 compared to 666 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 60% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.