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What's the most underrated thing about Keene Mill Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000508
Keene Mill Elementary
6310 Bardu Ave, Springfield, VA 22152 · (703) 644-4700 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
167 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 | 12 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 167 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 167 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 63% smaller than its 6th grade class (167).
Student demographics
75%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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 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 are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Keene Mill Elementary
Keene Mill Elementary's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keene Mill Elementary this school | 813 | 20.5% | 89.0% |
| White Oaks Elementary Burke | 699 | 24.5% | 84.3% |
| Piney Branch Elementary Bristow | 760 | 21.4% | 84.3% |
| New Castle Elementary Virginia Beach | 728 | 23.1% | 86.4% |
| Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Reston | 726 | 22.9% | 84.5% |
| Cub Run Elementary Centreville | 620 | 23.9% | 74.5% |
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 Keene Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #73 of 1,101 | #19 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #111 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #28 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #49 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #19 of 136 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #80 of 1,176 | #21 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #925 of 1,105 | #129 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #53 of 1,106 | #9 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #1,026 of 1,157 | #91 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #206 of 324 | #25 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
813
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 813 | 50.7 | 16.0:1 | 21% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 20% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 769 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 50 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 46.3 | 16.7:1 | 18% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 16% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 23 | 25.2:1 | 20% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 11% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keene Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (774 to 813); teachers up 9% (46.3 to 50.7).
About Keene Mill Elementary
Keene Mill Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Springfield, Virginia. School enrollment was 813 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolls 179,323 students in 199 schools, including Keene Mill Elementary.
At Keene Mill Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 38%. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 13% Black, and 9% multiracial. Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Keene Mill Elementary employs 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 21% in 2024-25. The 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 16 points higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Keene Mill Elementary, the prediction is 82.5% and the result is 89.0%.
Keene Mill Elementary is located in Fairfax County, where the median household income is $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Keene Mill Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
Irving Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Keene Mill Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Keene Mill Elementary's average proficiency of 89.0% compares with 73.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Keene Mill Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Keene Mill Elementary had 784 students, to 2024-25, when it had 813.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Keene Mill Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Hunt Valley ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Irving Middle0.2 mi · 1,204
- West Springfield Elementary0.8 mi · 524
- Rolling Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 521
- West Springfield High1.1 mi · 2,799
- Cardinal Forest Elementary1.3 mi · 680
- Crestwood Elementary1.5 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Keene Mill ElementaryHow many students attend Keene Mill Elementary?
Keene Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Keene Mill Elementary serve?
Keene Mill Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Keene Mill Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Keene Mill Elementary.
How diverse is Keene Mill Elementary?
Keene Mill Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Keene Mill Elementary in?
Keene Mill Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.