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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126001838
Fox Mill Elementary
2611 Viking Dr, Herndon, VA 20171 · (703) 262-2700 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
59%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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
94.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
87.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Fox Mill Elementary
Fox Mill Elementary's state test result (87.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Mill Elementary this school | 650 | 9.2% | 87.7% |
| Wakefield Forest Elementary Fairfax | 626 | 8.3% | 91.5% |
| Flint Hill Elementary Vienna | 614 | 6.7% | 90.3% |
| Silverbrook Elementary Fairfax Station | 799 | 8.1% | 88.8% |
| Terra Centre Elementary Burke | 594 | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Fairview Elementary Fairfax Station | 751 | 10.8% | 85.8% |
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 Fox Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.7% | #98 of 1,101 | #26 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #35 of 1,111 ▲ 26 | #11 of 136 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #52 of 1,111 ▲ 47 | #22 of 136 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #265 of 1,176 | #62 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #595 of 1,105 | #92 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #604 of 1,106 | #110 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #1,124 of 1,157 | #120 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #89 of 324 | #10 of 32 |
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
650
+106 (+19%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 650 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 42.8 | 15.1:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 43.8 | 14.4:1 | 10% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 41 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 39.7 | 14.4:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 30 | 21.4:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fox Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (570 to 650); teachers up 16% (39.7 to 46).
About Fox Mill Elementary
Fox Mill Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Herndon, Virginia. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 650 students. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 30% larger than average.
Fox Mill Elementary sits within Fairfax County Public Schools, which has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
By race and ethnicity, Fox Mill Elementary is 61% White. Other reported shares: 14% multiracial, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 49% White among all Fairfax County residents. Fox Mill Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Fox Mill Elementary is 46 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. The school counts 60 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 9%. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Fairfax County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 85.6% at Fox Mill Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 87.7%.
Fox Mill Elementary is located in Fairfax County, where median household income is about $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Fox Mill Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County, which together enroll about 174,475 students.
The school nearest to Fox Mill Elementary is Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fox Mill Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 544 in 2020-21 and 650 in 2024-25, a 19% rise.
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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 Herndon
- Herndon HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Carson MiddleMiddle · 1,358 students
- Coates ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Hutchison ElementaryElementary · 970 students
- Herndon MiddleMiddle · 895 students
- Herndon ElementaryElementary · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.1 mi · 726
- Dogwood Elementary1.2 mi · 745
- Crossfield Elementary1.4 mi · 513
- McNair Elementary1.8 mi · 520
- McNair Upper Elementary1.8 mi · 605
- Oak Hill Elementary1.8 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Fox Mill ElementaryHow many students attend Fox Mill Elementary?
Fox Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 650 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Fox Mill Elementary serve?
Fox Mill Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fox Mill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fox Mill Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fox Mill Elementary?
Fox Mill Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Fox Mill Elementary?
Fox Mill Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.