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Enrollment
918
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000509
Kent Gardens Elementary
1717 Melbourne Dr, McLean, VA 22101 · (703) 394-5600 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL918 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
37 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 156 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 55% smaller than its 6th grade class (156).
Student demographics
63%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
96.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
98.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
94.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Kent Gardens Elementary
Kent Gardens Elementary's state test result (94.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Gardens Elementary this school | 918 | 4.0% | 94.5% |
| Colvin Run Elementary Vienna | 750 | 2.9% | 96.0% |
| Haycock Elementary Falls Church | 838 | 4.4% | 98.0% |
| Oakton Elementary Oakton | 795 | 13.2% | 87.0% |
| Waples Mill Elementary Oakton | 750 | 12.5% | 87.2% |
| Canterbury Woods Elementary Annandale | 735 | 13.2% | 89.7% |
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 Kent Gardens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.5% | #9 of 1,101 | #6 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #6 of 1,111 ▲ 9 | #3 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #7 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #5 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 918 | #28 of 1,176 | #9 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,032 of 1,105 | #141 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #482 of 1,106 | #90 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.0% | #1,148 of 1,157 | #135 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #440 of 759 | #56 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
918
-98 (-10%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 918 | 53.4 | 17.2:1 | 4% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 1,006 | 61.3 | 16.4:1 | 4% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 1,023 | 60.5 | 16.9:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 1,016 | 62 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,025 | 52.5 | 19.5:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 928 | 52 | 17.9:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 46 | 19.2:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 49 | 16.9:1 | 3% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kent Gardens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,025 to 918); teachers up 2% (52.5 to 53.4).
About Kent Gardens Elementary
Students in McLean, Virginia, attend Kent Gardens Elementary, a large elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 918 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Besides Kent Gardens Elementary, Fairfax County Public Schools runs 198 other schools. The district enrolls 179,323 students.
At Kent Gardens Elementary, White students make up 53% of the student body. The remaining shares are 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 53.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.2:1. This ratio sits 3.3 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 4%. The 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 33 points higher.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kent Gardens Elementary's results are 7.5 points above predicted: 94.5% against 87.0%.
Kent Gardens 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. Kent Gardens Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Kent Gardens Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to McLean High. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Kent Gardens Elementary places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Kent Gardens Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Kent Gardens Elementary had 1,016 students, to 2024-25, when it had 918.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Kent Gardens 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 McLean
- McLean HighHigh · 2,428 students
- Langley HighHigh · 2,181 students
- Cooper MiddleMiddle · 997 students
- Spring Hill ElementaryElementary · 980 students
- Churchill Road ElementaryElementary · 635 students
- Chesterbrook ElementaryElementary · 557 students
Nearby schools
- McLean High0.6 mi · 2,428
- Longfellow Middle0.8 mi · 1,226
- Sherman Elementary1.0 mi · 290
- Chesterbrook Elementary1.1 mi · 557
- Haycock Elementary1.2 mi · 838
- Westgate Elementary1.6 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Kent Gardens ElementaryHow large is Kent Gardens Elementary?
Kent Gardens Elementary enrolls approximately 918 students in grades PK-06.
Is Kent Gardens Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kent Gardens Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Kent Gardens Elementary have?
Kent Gardens Elementary employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kent Gardens Elementary?
At Kent Gardens Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kent Gardens Elementary in?
Kent Gardens Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.