Groveton Elementary

Set in Alexandria, Virginia, Groveton Elementary is a heavily attended primary school, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. It educates 764 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 499.

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

On demographics, Groveton Elementary records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Black, 14% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Groveton Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.3%; actual is 49.5%, a gap of -15.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Groveton Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Nearest neighbor: Virginia Hills Early Childhood Resource Center, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Groveton Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Groveton Elementary has declined 4%, going from 795 students in 2018 to 764 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 21% to 16% across the same window.

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