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How has Graham Road Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000483
Graham Road Elementary
2831 Graham Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042 · (571) 226-2700 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
406 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 | 47 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
28%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
39.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Graham Road Elementary
Graham Road Elementary's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Road Elementary this school | 438 | 92.7% | 40.5% |
| Sully Elementary Sterling | 476 | 99.4% | 42.6% |
| Guilford Elementary Sterling | 504 | 99.4% | 37.5% |
| Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Falls Church | 539 | 87.6% | 46.7% |
| Weems Elementary Manassas | 556 | 86.3% | 57.0% |
| Lynbrook Elementary Springfield | 595 | 93.4% | 37.3% |
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 Graham Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,061 of 1,101 | #134 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #946 of 1,111 ▲ 80 | #116 of 136 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,085 of 1,111 ▲ 18 | #134 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #734 of 1,176 | #128 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #229 of 1,105 | #27 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #995 of 1,106 | #142 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #285 of 1,157 | #9 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #737 of 759 | #109 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
438
+41 (+10%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 438 | 35.4 | 12.4:1 | 93% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 33.6 | 12.1:1 | 87% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 33.5 | 12.8:1 | 87% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 34 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 36.5 | 12.1:1 | 82% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 80% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 83% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 71% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 24 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (442 to 438); teachers down 3% (36.5 to 35.4).
About Graham Road Elementary
Graham Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Falls Church, Virginia, under Fairfax County Public Schools. It has an enrollment of 438 students in pre-K through 6.
The 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools enroll 179,323 students altogether, Graham Road Elementary among them.
Hispanic students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 6% White, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Fairfax County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Graham Road Elementary are from different groups.
Graham Road Elementary reports a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher, from 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 56 points above the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 62.9%. Graham Road Elementary posts 40.5%, 22.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Fairfax County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $153,637 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Graham Road Elementary shares Fairfax County with 221 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Graham Road Elementary from the closest public school, Timber Lane Elementary. The five-mile area around Graham Road Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Graham Road Elementary ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.5% against a local average of 67.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 41 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Graham Road Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
Nearby schools
- Timber Lane Elementary0.4 mi · 584
- Oak Street Elementary0.6 mi · 587
- Westlawn Elementary1.0 mi · 789
- Pine Spring Elementary1.1 mi · 607
- Shrevewood Elementary1.2 mi · 579
- Falls Church High1.3 mi · 2,170
Frequently asked questions
About Graham Road ElementaryHow many students attend Graham Road Elementary?
Graham Road Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Graham Road Elementary serve?
Graham Road Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graham Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graham Road Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Graham Road Elementary?
At Graham Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 84% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Graham Road Elementary?
Graham Road 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.