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If you could change one rule at Hutchison Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
970
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000460
Hutchison Elementary
13209 Parcher Ave, Herndon, VA 20170 · (703) 925-8300 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
896 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 | 68 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (129).
Student demographics
36%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
37.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
44.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hutchison Elementary
Hutchison Elementary's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison Elementary this school | 970 | 92.4% | 38.5% |
| Hybla Valley Elementary Alexandria | 878 | 99.1% | 48.5% |
| Braddock Elementary Annandale | 955 | 82.9% | 43.5% |
| Cougar Elementary Manassas Park | 857 | 82.4% | N/A |
| Cardinal Elementary Richmond | 821 | 99.6% | 37.6% |
| Manassas Park Elementary Manassas Park | 712 | 81.9% | 48.5% |
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 Hutchison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #1,071 of 1,101 | #135 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,064 of 1,111 ▼ 40 | #134 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,095 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #136 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #16 of 1,176 | #3 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #448 of 1,105 | #62 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #952 of 1,106 | #138 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #289 of 1,157 | #10 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #603 of 759 | #83 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
970
-114 (-11%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 970 | 71.8 | 13.5:1 | 92% (896) |
| 2023-24 | 1,015 | 75.5 | 13.4:1 | 88% (896) |
| 2022-23 | 1,070 | 77.5 | 13.8:1 | 86% (920) |
| 2020-21 | 1,084 | 85 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 69.3 | 14.8:1 | 80% (817) |
| 2015-16 | 1,001 | 70 | 14.3:1 | 72% (718) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 62% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 1,044 | 67 | 15.6:1 | 38% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hutchison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,023 to 970); teachers up 4% (69.3 to 71.8).
About Hutchison Elementary
Hutchison Elementary is a large elementary school for students in Herndon, Virginia. The school had 970 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 94% above that.
A total of 199 schools make up Fairfax County Public Schools, with 179,323 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Hutchison Elementary, 79%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% White, and 2% Native American. Fairfax County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Hutchison Elementary comes in at 36%.
With 71.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hutchison Elementary was 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. Hutchison Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 92%. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Hutchison Elementary posts 38.5% against a 63.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Virginia.
In Fairfax County (population about 1,147,837), median household income is about $153,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Hutchison Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County, which together enroll about 174,475 students.
Coates Elementary is located about 0.9 miles from Hutchison Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.7% proficiency; Hutchison Elementary posts 38.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,084 in 2020-21 and 970 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
The Hutchison Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Herndon
- Herndon HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Carson MiddleMiddle · 1,358 students
- Coates ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Herndon MiddleMiddle · 895 students
- Herndon ElementaryElementary · 792 students
- Floris ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Coates Elementary0.9 mi · 996
- Herndon Middle0.9 mi · 895
- McNair Upper Elementary1.0 mi · 605
- McNair Elementary1.0 mi · 520
- Clearview Elementary1.7 mi · 580
- Floris Elementary1.8 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Hutchison ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hutchison Elementary?
Hutchison Elementary enrolls approximately 970 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hutchison Elementary serve?
Hutchison Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hutchison Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Hutchison Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hutchison Elementary?
At Hutchison Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hutchison Elementary in?
Hutchison Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.