Hunt Valley Elementary

Hunt Valley Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Springfield, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school hosts 735 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 47% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Hunt Valley Elementary records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 14% Asian, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Fairfax County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hunt Valley Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hunt Valley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.9%, the actual is 86.8%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household income runs about $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Hunt Valley Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Orange Hunt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hunt Valley Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 84.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Hunt Valley Elementary's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 735). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 56% to 51%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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