Gunston Elementary

Located at 10100 Gunston Rd, in Lorton, Virginia, Gunston Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that teaches 530 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Fairfax County Public Schools.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Gunston Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Gunston Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Black, 19% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gunston Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 39% of students at Gunston Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gunston Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.4%; this one delivers 78.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 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 Gunston Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lorton Station Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gunston Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Gunston Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.