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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000536
Marshall Road Elementary
730 Marshall Rd SW, Vienna, VA 22180 · (703) 937-1500 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
234 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 64.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 79% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Marshall Road Elementary
Marshall Road Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Road Elementary this school | 691 | 33.9% | 63.3% |
| Shrevewood Elementary Falls Church | 579 | 38.0% | 66.5% |
| Camelot Elementary Annandale | 602 | 38.4% | 71.7% |
| Fairhill Elementary Fairfax | 566 | 35.3% | 79.8% |
| Cardinal Forest Elementary Springfield | 680 | 31.2% | 76.2% |
| Steuart W. Weller Elementary Ashburn | 710 | 39.2% | 79.8% |
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 Marshall Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #754 of 1,101 | #97 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #697 of 1,111 ▲ 113 | #95 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #646 of 1,111 ▲ 87 | #92 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #197 of 1,176 | #48 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #233 of 1,105 | #28 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #139 of 1,106 | #35 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #904 of 1,157 | #68 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #585 of 759 | #80 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
691
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+132% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 691 | 55.8 | 12.4:1 | 34% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 52.9 | 13.1:1 | 34% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 33% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 55 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 52.6 | 14.0:1 | 24% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 9% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (736 to 691); teachers up 6% (52.6 to 55.8).
About Marshall Road Elementary
Marshall Road Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Vienna, Virginia. The school serves 691 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 38% bigger than that.
Marshall Road Elementary belongs to Fairfax County Public Schools, a district of 199 schools and 179,323 students.
Marshall Road Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 39%. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 49% of Fairfax County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 55.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. For comparison, public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
Marshall Road Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.6 points (63.3% versus 78.9%), a bottom-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fairfax County show that 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. Marshall Road Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Oakton High, about 1.0 miles away. Marshall Road Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Marshall Road Elementary at 9th of 9.
Marshall Road Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Marshall Road Elementary climbed 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 661 to 691 students.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Vienna
- Oakton HighHigh · 2,621 students
- Madison HighHigh · 2,090 students
- Thoreau MiddleMiddle · 1,239 students
- Kilmer MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Westbriar ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Colvin Run ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Oakton High1.0 mi · 2,621
- Cunningham Park Elementary1.1 mi · 412
- Madison High1.2 mi · 2,090
- Archer Elementary1.3 mi · 543
- Fairhill Elementary1.3 mi · 566
- Vienna Elementary1.3 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall Road Elementary?
Marshall Road Elementary enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Marshall Road Elementary serve?
Marshall Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Marshall Road Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Marshall Road Elementary.
How diverse is Marshall Road Elementary?
Marshall Road Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Marshall Road Elementary?
Marshall Road Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.