McNair Elementary

McNair Elementary is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in Herndon, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, teacheing 520 students in grades pre-K through 2.

McNair Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that works with 179,323 students overall.

Looking at the student body, McNair Elementary records that 41% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting McNair Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), McNair Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McNair Upper Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

McNair Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McNair Elementary has contracted 62%, going from 1,377 students in 2018 to 520 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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