Mantua Elementary

Located at 9107 Horner Court, in Fairfax, Virginia, Mantua Elementary is a heavily attended elementary-level community that instructs 909 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Fairfax County Public Schools. That puts it 82% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Mantua Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 22% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Mantua Elementary logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mantua Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.8%, the actual is 89.2%, a residual of +5.3 points.

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

Nearest neighbor: Woodson High, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mantua Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 80.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Mantua Elementary's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,075 (now 909). Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 28% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.