Lake Anne Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Reston, Virginia, Lake Anne Elementary works with 616 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Lake Anne Elementary sits 23% above that benchmark.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Lake Anne Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lake Anne Elementary records that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 14% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at Lake Anne Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lake Anne Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 74.7%; Lake Anne Elementary posts 56.0%, -18.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Lake Anne Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Edge Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Anne Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Anne Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

Lake Anne Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Anne Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 609 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 32% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Lake Anne Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.