Mason Crest Elementary

Mason Crest Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Annandale, Virginia, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools, with 684 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Mason Crest Elementary sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Mason Crest Elementary records that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 16% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, On paper, Mason Crest Elementary has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mason Crest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Mason Crest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.2%.

Around the school, Fairfax County reports that median household earnings sit near $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Mason Crest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beech Tree Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mason Crest Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mason Crest Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 684 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 44% to 51%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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