Hollin Meadows Elementary

Hollin Meadows Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Alexandria, Virginia, run under Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 594 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hollin Meadows Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 19% Black, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Hollin Meadows Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

Across the wider county, Fairfax County reports that the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Hollin Meadows Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Whitman Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hollin Meadows Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hollin Meadows Elementary has contracted 7%, going from 638 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 27% to 19%.

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