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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Haycock Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
838
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000491
Haycock Elementary
6616 Haycock Rd, Falls Church, VA 22043 · (703) 531-4000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 38% smaller than its 6th grade class (149).
Student demographics
64%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
99.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
98.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 99.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 97.0% |
| 2022-23 | 98.0% | 97.0% |
% 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
98.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
86.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Haycock Elementary
Haycock Elementary's state test result (98.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haycock Elementary this school | 838 | 4.4% | 98.0% |
| Kent Gardens Elementary McLean | 918 | 4.0% | 94.5% |
| Colvin Run Elementary Vienna | 750 | 2.9% | 96.0% |
| Hovatter Elementary Aldie | 810 | 3.7% | 84.4% |
| Churchill Road Elementary McLean | 635 | 2.0% | 94.0% |
| Willow Springs Elementary Fairfax | 818 | 15.0% | 89.0% |
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 Haycock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #1 of 1,101 | #1 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #5 of 1,111 no change | #2 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #1 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #1 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #60 of 1,176 | #17 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,023 of 1,105 | #138 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #452 of 1,106 | #83 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.4% | #1,145 of 1,157 | #133 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #344 of 759 | #47 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
838
-46 (-5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 838 | 49.1 | 17.1:1 | 4% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 53.5 | 15.5:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 872 | 52.5 | 16.6:1 | 3% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 884 | 54 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 51.3 | 18.9:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 55 | 16.8:1 | 3% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 26 | 29.8:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 4% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haycock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (967 to 838); teachers down 4% (51.3 to 49.1).
About Haycock Elementary
Haycock Elementary is a large elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Falls Church. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 838 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools with a combined 179,323 students. Haycock Elementary is one of them.
The student body at Haycock Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 50%. Next come 32% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. In Fairfax County overall, the White share is about 49%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Haycock Elementary has 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.1:1. The school's 17.1:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 4%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 33 points.
Haycock Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 86.9% for Haycock Elementary. The school posts 98.0%, 11.1 points above the prediction.
For Fairfax County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $153,637 a year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Fairfax County number 222, with about 174,475 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Longfellow Middle, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Haycock Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 5% decrease took enrollment from 884 in 2020-21 to 838 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- Longfellow Middle0.4 mi · 1,226
- Mount Daniel Elementary0.6 mi · 486
- Meridian High1.1 mi · 893
- Tuckahoe Elementary1.1 mi · 448
- Mary Ellen Henderson Middle1.1 mi · 632
- Lemon Road Elementary1.2 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Haycock ElementaryHow many students attend Haycock Elementary?
Haycock Elementary enrolls approximately 838 students in grades PK-06.
Is Haycock Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haycock Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Haycock Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Haycock Elementary.
How diverse is Haycock Elementary?
Haycock Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 32% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Haycock Elementary in?
Haycock Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.