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What's the most underrated thing about Island Creek Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002334
Island Creek Elementary
7855 Morning View Ln, Alexandria, VA 22315 · (571) 642-6300 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- C+Beats 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
14.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
97 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 | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
74%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% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp 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 83 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
81.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Island Creek Elementary
Island Creek Elementary's state test result (81.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek Elementary this school | 686 | 14.1% | 81.3% |
| Ashland Elementary Manassas | 738 | 20.1% | 85.6% |
| Hayfield Elementary Alexandria | 600 | 20.0% | 80.3% |
| Hunt Valley Elementary Springfield | 735 | 11.7% | 86.8% |
| Arlington Science Focus School Arlington | 632 | 16.5% | 88.6% |
| T. Clay Wood Elementary Nokesville | 754 | 21.6% | 87.1% |
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 Island Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #278 of 1,101 | #54 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #311 of 1,111 ▲ 36 | #61 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #190 of 1,111 ▼ 65 | #53 of 136 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #204 of 1,176 | #49 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #552 of 1,105 | #82 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #85 of 1,106 | #18 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #1,080 of 1,157 | #104 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #358 of 759 | #50 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
686
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 686 | 49.1 | 14.0:1 | 14% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 46.2 | 15.6:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 49.3 | 14.1:1 | 13% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 53 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 49.5 | 15.9:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 10% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 12% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Island Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (787 to 686); teachers down 1% (49.5 to 49.1).
About Island Creek Elementary
Island Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Alexandria, Virginia. It teaches 686 students in pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Fairfax County Public Schools, which runs Island Creek Elementary, has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
The biggest share of students at Island Creek Elementary, 42%, is White. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 12% Asian. The diversity index for Island Creek Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is similar, at 13.8:1. Of all students at Island Creek Elementary, 14% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fairfax County, the average is 37%.
Island Creek Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Island Creek Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 81.3% and a predicted 84.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fairfax County show that median household income comes to 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%. Fairfax County counts 222 public schools with about 174,475 students.
About 1.2 miles separate Island Creek Elementary from the closest public school, Lane Elementary. The five-mile area around Island Creek Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 64.6% on proficiency, and Island Creek Elementary is above that at 81.3%.
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.
Enrollment fell by 4% across 4 years, from 712 in 2020-21 to 686 in 2024-25.
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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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 716
- Hayfield Secondary1.3 mi · 3,256
- Hayfield Elementary1.5 mi · 600
- Forestdale Elementary2.1 mi · 537
- Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary2.1 mi · 761
- Fort Belvoir Elementary2.1 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Island Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Island Creek Elementary?
Island Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 686 students in grades PK-06.
Is Island Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Island Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Island Creek Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Island Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Island Creek Elementary?
Island Creek Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Island Creek Elementary public or private?
Island Creek 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.