Fox Mill Elementary

Located at 2611 Viking Dr, in Herndon, Virginia, Fox Mill Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that hosts 650 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Fairfax County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Fairfax County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 179,323 students; Fox Mill Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fox Mill Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest looks like 14% multiracial, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fox Mill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.6%, the actual is 87.7%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household income runs about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Fox Mill Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fox Mill Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 77.7%.

Fox Mill Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fox Mill Elementary has increased 14%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 650 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 54% to 61%.

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