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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kings Park Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000514
Kings Park Elementary
5400 Harrow Way, Springfield, VA 22151 · (703) 426-7000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+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
12.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
148 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 | 28 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 149 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kings Park Elementary→Kings Glen Elementary
Based on grade levels within Fairfax County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% 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 Kings Park Elementary
Kings Park Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Park Elementary this school | 653 | 22.7% | 79.0% |
| Newington Forest Elementary Springfield | 579 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
| Ravensworth Elementary Springfield | 568 | 18.1% | 81.0% |
| Bonnie Brae Elementary Fairfax | 718 | 24.7% | 77.2% |
| White Oaks Elementary Burke | 699 | 24.5% | 84.3% |
| 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 Kings Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #334 of 1,101 | #61 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #338 of 1,111 ▲ 59 | #62 of 136 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #351 of 1,111 ▲ 39 | #67 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #257 of 1,176 | #61 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #190 of 1,105 | #22 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #306 of 1,106 | #61 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #1,003 of 1,157 | #88 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #692 of 759 | #100 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
653
+82 (+14%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 653 | 54 | 12.1:1 | 23% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 45.3 | 14.3:1 | 21% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 41 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 45.7 | 14.6:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 23% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 16% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kings Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (668 to 653); teachers up 18% (45.7 to 54).
About Kings Park Elementary
Kings Park Elementary is a public elementary school in Springfield, Virginia. The school counted 653 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 3. That is 31% larger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Fairfax County Public Schools oversees Kings Park Elementary and 198 other schools, with 179,323 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Kings Park Elementary, about 49 are White, the largest group. It is also 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put Fairfax County at about 49% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.1:1 is based on 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Fairfax County report 37%.
Kings Park Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Kings Park Elementary is 2.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In the surrounding county, Fairfax County, the median household earns about $153,637 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Fairfax County has 222 public schools with about 174,475 students, including Kings Park Elementary.
About 0.4 miles separate Kings Park Elementary from the closest public school, Kings Glen Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Kings Park Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Kings Park Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 14%, from 571 to 653. Students per teacher dropped from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 12.1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Kings Park Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Keene Mill ElementaryElementary · 813 students
Nearby schools
- Kings Glen Elementary0.4 mi · 476
- Cardinal Forest Elementary0.9 mi · 680
- Ravensworth Elementary1.0 mi · 568
- Canterbury Woods Elementary1.2 mi · 735
- West Springfield High1.3 mi · 2,799
- Lake Braddock Secondary1.3 mi · 4,411
Frequently asked questions
About Kings Park ElementaryHow many students attend Kings Park Elementary?
Kings Park Elementary enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-03.
Is Kings Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kings Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Kings Park Elementary?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Kings Park Elementary.
How diverse is Kings Park Elementary?
Kings Park Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Kings Park Elementary public or private?
Kings Park 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.