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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000502
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
2401 Colts Neck Rd, Reston, VA 20191 · (703) 262-7400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
166 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
69%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences this school | 726 | 22.9% | 84.5% |
| Piney Branch Elementary Bristow | 760 | 21.4% | 84.3% |
| Cub Run Elementary Centreville | 620 | 23.9% | 74.5% |
| New Castle Elementary Virginia Beach | 728 | 23.1% | 86.4% |
| John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary Leesburg | 617 | 26.7% | 84.9% |
| Belmont Station Elementary Ashburn | 605 | 19.7% | 83.5% |
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 Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #186 of 1,101 | #44 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #188 of 1,111 ▲ 21 | #42 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #187 of 1,111 ▼ 90 | #50 of 136 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #161 of 1,176 | #42 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #928 of 1,105 | #130 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #252 of 1,106 | #51 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #1,000 of 1,157 | #87 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #206 of 759 | #29 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
726
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 726 | 45.2 | 16.1:1 | 23% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 46.7 | 14.7:1 | 23% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 45.8 | 16.0:1 | 24% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 50 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 48.3 | 18.5:1 | 23% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 952 | 52 | 18.3:1 | 18% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 1,038 | 40 | 25.9:1 | 15% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 797 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 14% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 41 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (893 to 726); teachers down 6% (48.3 to 45.2).
About Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is an elementary school with a street address in Reston, Virginia. The student body numbers 726 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 45% bigger than that.
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is among 199 schools run by Fairfax County Public Schools, which serves 179,323 students.
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. The White share in Fairfax County as a whole is similar, at about 49%. Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.1:1 comes from the school's 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The lunch program counts 23% of students at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Fairfax County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences would score about 81.9%. It scores 84.5%, 2.6 points above that figure.
In Fairfax County (population about 1,147,837), the median household income is $153,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 222 public schools in Fairfax County, enrolling about 174,475 students in all.
Nearest public school: Dogwood Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 72.3% on proficiency, and Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is above that at 84.5%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 743 students in 2020-21 and 726 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
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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 Reston
- South Lakes HighHigh · 2,434 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,012 students
- Dogwood ElementaryElementary · 745 students
- Lake Anne ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Terraset ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Sunrise Valley ElementaryElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Dogwood Elementary0.9 mi · 745
- Terraset Elementary1.1 mi · 598
- Fox Mill Elementary1.1 mi · 650
- South Lakes High1.2 mi · 2,434
- Crossfield Elementary1.2 mi · 513
- Hughes Middle1.3 mi · 1,012
Frequently asked questions
About Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesHow large is Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences serve?
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is approximately 16.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences?
Student demographics at Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences are roughly 48% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences public or private?
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
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