Franconia Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Alexandria, Virginia, Franconia Elementary enrolls 492 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franconia Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, On paper, Franconia Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Franconia Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franconia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.7%, the actual is 71.0%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household earnings sit near $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franconia Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Edison High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franconia Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Franconia Elementary's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 492). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Franconia Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.