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What's the biggest difference between Fort Hunt Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000473
Fort Hunt Elementary
8832 Linton Ln, Alexandria, VA 22308 · (703) 619-2600 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C-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
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 77% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
62%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
78.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
77.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Fort Hunt Elementary
Fort Hunt Elementary's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hunt Elementary this school | 551 | 29.9% | 71.7% |
| Greenfield Elementary North Chesterfield | 519 | 31.2% | 83.5% |
| Hartwood Elementary Hartwood | 627 | 30.0% | 79.4% |
| James G. Brumfield Elementary Warrenton | 496 | 34.9% | 66.8% |
| Brock Road Elementary Spotsylvania | 651 | 33.0% | 78.3% |
| Fort Belvoir Elementary Fort Belvoir | 707 | 33.4% | N/A |
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 Fort Hunt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #537 of 1,101 | #77 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #479 of 1,111 ▼ 29 | #73 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #383 of 1,111 ▲ 153 | #68 of 136 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #461 of 1,176 | #99 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #872 of 1,105 | #119 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #496 of 1,106 | #92 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #943 of 1,157 | #75 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #562 of 759 | #75 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
551
+37 (+7%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 551 | 35.3 | 15.6:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 35% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 41.5 | 13.9:1 | 34% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 41 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 38.4 | 15.4:1 | 31% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 33% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 25% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 22% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Hunt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (592 to 551); teachers down 8% (38.4 to 35.3).
About Fort Hunt Elementary
Fort Hunt Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 551 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools (199 schools, 179,323 students) runs Fort Hunt Elementary.
Fort Hunt Elementary is 54% White by enrollment. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 15.6 students per teacher and 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fort Hunt Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fort Hunt Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (71.7%) and its predicted rate (80.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Fairfax County has about 1,147,837 residents, and the median household income is $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Fort Hunt Elementary, Fairfax County has 221 other public schools.
Stratford Landing Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fort Hunt Elementary. On state test proficiency, Fort Hunt Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Fort Hunt Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 37 students since 2020-21, to 551. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.5 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Fort Hunt Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- Stratford Landing Elementary0.6 mi · 669
- Waynewood Elementary0.7 mi · 738
- Sandburg Middle0.7 mi · 1,401
- Mount Vernon High1.5 mi · 1,858
- Woodley Hills Elementary1.6 mi · 495
- Whitman Middle1.6 mi · 828
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Hunt ElementaryHow large is Fort Hunt Elementary?
Fort Hunt Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Fort Hunt Elementary serve?
Fort Hunt Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Fort Hunt Elementary have?
Fort Hunt Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Fort Hunt Elementary?
Student demographics at Fort Hunt Elementary are roughly 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Fort Hunt Elementary public or private?
Fort Hunt Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.