Forestville Elementary

Forestville Elementary, a mid-sized K-5 school in Great Falls, Virginia, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, hosts 571 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

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

In terms of who attends, Forestville Elementary lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 25% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Forestville Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Forestville Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Forestville Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 86.4%; this one delivers 94.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forestville Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Aldrin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forestville Elementary. On composite proficiency, Forestville Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forestville Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 581 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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