Glen Forest Elementary

Glen Forest Elementary, a big primary school in Falls Church, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools, teaches 779 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% above the state mean of about 499.

Across the 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students total), Glen Forest Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glen Forest Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 10% Black, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Glen Forest Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.5%; this one comes in at 44.8%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Fairfax County reports that median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Glen Forest Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Campbell Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Forest Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glen Forest Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.0%.

Glen Forest Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 1,069 students in 2018 compared to 779 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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