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What's the most underrated thing about Hayfield Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000492
Hayfield Elementary
7633 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315 · (703) 924-4500 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
120 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 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
71%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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Hayfield Elementary
Hayfield Elementary's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayfield Elementary this school | 600 | 20.0% | 80.3% |
| T. Clay Wood Elementary Nokesville | 754 | 21.6% | 87.1% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Manassas | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
| Bush Hill Elementary Alexandria | 673 | 27.0% | 80.3% |
| Island Creek Elementary Alexandria | 686 | 14.1% | 81.3% |
| Glebe Elementary Arlington | 574 | 15.3% | 92.8% |
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 Hayfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #305 of 1,101 | #58 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #366 of 1,111 ▼ 59 | #64 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #233 of 1,111 ▲ 80 | #56 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #361 of 1,176 | #80 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #956 of 1,105 | #134 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #201 of 1,106 | #42 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.0% | #1,029 of 1,157 | #92 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #171 of 759 | #23 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
600
-85 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 600 | 36.8 | 16.3:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 37.2 | 16.5:1 | 20% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 37.3 | 16.8:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 44 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 41.9 | 18.0:1 | 15% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 10% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 7% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 36 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (753 to 600); teachers down 12% (41.9 to 36.8).
About Hayfield Elementary
Hayfield Elementary sits in Alexandria, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 600 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools has 199 schools and 179,323 students, and Hayfield Elementary is one of those schools.
At Hayfield Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. Next come 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, and 9% Asian. County-wide, about 49% of residents are White. Hayfield Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Hayfield Elementary counts 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.3 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 20% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Fairfax County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Hayfield Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 80.3%, compared with a predicted 82.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Fairfax County show that the median household income is $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Hayfield Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Hayfield Secondary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Hayfield Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Hayfield Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Hayfield Elementary's enrollment dropped 12%, to 600.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Hayfield Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Other Hayfield Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hayfield Elementary. Hayfield Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- HAYFIELD ELEMENTARYHAYFIELD, MN · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Hayfield Secondary0.2 mi · 3,256
- Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 716
- Island Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 686
- Fort Belvoir Elementary1.8 mi · 707
- Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary1.9 mi · 761
- Woodlawn Elementary2.0 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Hayfield ElementaryHow many students attend Hayfield Elementary?
Hayfield Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Hayfield Elementary serve?
Hayfield Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hayfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hayfield Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hayfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Hayfield Elementary are roughly 47% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Hayfield Elementary in?
Hayfield Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
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