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What's something Greenbriar East Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
922
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000486
Greenbriar East Elementary
13006 Point Pleasant Dr, Fairfax, VA 22033 · (703) 633-6400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL922 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
362 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 | 39 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 132 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (132).
Student demographics
72%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
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Greenbriar East Elementary
Greenbriar East Elementary's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbriar East Elementary this school | 922 | 39.3% | 66.8% |
| Steuart W. Weller Elementary Ashburn | 710 | 39.2% | 79.8% |
| Marshall Road Elementary Vienna | 691 | 33.9% | 63.3% |
| Centreville Elementary Centreville | 741 | 37.0% | 80.8% |
| A. Henderson Elementary Dumfries | 815 | 33.7% | 82.6% |
| Cardinal Forest Elementary Springfield | 680 | 31.2% | 76.2% |
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 Greenbriar East Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #679 of 1,101 | #91 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #724 of 1,111 ▼ 47 | #97 of 136 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #579 of 1,111 ▲ 45 | #84 of 136 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 922 | #27 of 1,176 | #8 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #786 of 1,105 | #111 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #132 of 1,106 | #34 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #860 of 1,157 | #57 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #623 of 759 | #85 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
922
+35 (+4%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 922 | 61.2 | 15.1:1 | 39% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 911 | 59.8 | 15.2:1 | 35% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 58.8 | 15.3:1 | 33% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 60 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 60.3 | 16.0:1 | 24% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 1,000 | 62 | 16.1:1 | 21% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 15% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenbriar East Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (964 to 922); teachers up 2% (60.3 to 61.2).
About Greenbriar East Elementary
Greenbriar East Elementary is a large elementary school serving families in Fairfax, Virginia. Enrolled students number 922 students, in pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolls 179,323 students, and its 199 schools include Greenbriar East Elementary.
White students are the largest group at Greenbriar East Elementary, with 42% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. By the diversity index, Greenbriar East Elementary comes in at 72%.
Its 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
The allk12 Grade for Greenbriar East Elementary is C. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Greenbriar East Elementary scores 66.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.4%.
Fairfax County has about 1,147,837 residents, and 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. Federal data list 222 public schools in Fairfax County, with a combined enrollment of about 174,475.
Greenbriar West Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 66.8% is below the 82.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Greenbriar East Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 887 in 2020-21 and 922 in 2024-25, a 4% gain.
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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 Fairfax
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Woodson HighHigh · 2,436 students
- Fairfax HighHigh · 2,404 students
- Frost MiddleMiddle · 1,272 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 954 students
Nearby schools
- Greenbriar West Elementary0.7 mi · 630
- Rocky Run Middle0.9 mi · 882
- Chantilly High0.9 mi · 2,937
- Poplar Tree Elementary1.2 mi · 683
- Navy Elementary1.5 mi · 848
- Brookfield Elementary1.5 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Greenbriar East ElementaryHow many students attend Greenbriar East Elementary?
Greenbriar East Elementary enrolls approximately 922 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Greenbriar East Elementary serve?
Greenbriar East Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Greenbriar East Elementary have?
Greenbriar East Elementary employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is Greenbriar East Elementary?
Greenbriar East Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Greenbriar East Elementary public or private?
Greenbriar East Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.