Great Falls Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Great Falls, Virginia, Great Falls Elementary works with 513 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools.

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

On demographics, Great Falls Elementary reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Asian, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 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 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Great Falls Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 86.1%; this one delivers 92.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fairfax County shows 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. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Great Falls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Forestville Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Great Falls Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 77.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 519 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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