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If you could change one rule at Hunt Valley Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000501
Hunt Valley Elementary
7107 Sydenstricker Rd, Springfield, VA 22152 · (703) 913-8800 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
86 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (126).
Student demographics
68%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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Hunt Valley Elementary
Hunt Valley Elementary's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Valley Elementary this school | 735 | 11.7% | 86.8% |
| Oak View Elementary Fairfax | 776 | 11.0% | 84.5% |
| Arlington Science Focus School Arlington | 632 | 16.5% | 88.6% |
| Union Mill Elementary Clifton | 874 | 12.5% | 82.0% |
| Wakefield Forest Elementary Fairfax | 626 | 8.3% | 91.5% |
| Silverbrook Elementary Fairfax Station | 799 | 8.1% | 88.8% |
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 Hunt Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #118 of 1,101 | #31 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #110 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #27 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #94 of 1,111 ▼ 51 | #33 of 136 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #152 of 1,176 | #41 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #734 of 1,105 | #107 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #305 of 1,106 | #60 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #1,102 of 1,157 | #112 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #181 of 324 | #22 of 32 |
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
735
+94 (+15%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 822
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 735 | 49.7 | 14.8:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 11% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 11% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 46 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 42.8 | 16.1:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 9% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 29 | 20.7:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 7% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 822 | 41 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunt Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (692 to 735); teachers up 16% (42.8 to 49.7).
About Hunt Valley Elementary
Hunt Valley Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Springfield, Virginia, (ZIP code 22152). It enrolls 735 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 47% larger than the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia.
The Fairfax County Public Schools system has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
The student body at Hunt Valley Elementary is 51% White. Other reported shares: 14% Asian, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 9% Black. Among Fairfax County residents, the White share is about 49%. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Hunt Valley Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 14.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hunt Valley Elementary, which has 49.7. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 12%. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Fairfax County.
Hunt Valley Elementary is 1.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (86.8% versus 84.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
American Community Survey estimates for Fairfax County show that the median household earns about $153,637 a year, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Fairfax County, 222 public schools serve about 174,475 students.
Orange Hunt Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Hunt Valley Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 84.5% proficiency; Hunt Valley Elementary posts 86.8%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 641 to 735.
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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 Springfield
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Lewis HighHigh · 1,658 students
- Irving MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Sangster ElementaryElementary · 928 students
- Orange Hunt ElementaryElementary · 874 students
- Keene Mill ElementaryElementary · 813 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Hunt Elementary0.7 mi · 874
- Rolling Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 521
- West Springfield Elementary1.4 mi · 524
- Newington Forest Elementary1.6 mi · 579
- Sangster Elementary1.6 mi · 928
- West Springfield High1.7 mi · 2,799
Frequently asked questions
About Hunt Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Hunt Valley Elementary?
Hunt Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hunt Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hunt Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hunt Valley Elementary have?
Hunt Valley Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Hunt Valley Elementary?
Hunt Valley Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Hunt Valley Elementary public or private?
Hunt Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.