McNair Upper Elementary

McNair Upper Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in Herndon, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 605 students spanning grades 3 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Fairfax County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 179,323 students; McNair Upper Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McNair Upper Elementary records that the most-represented group is Asian (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 20% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, McNair Upper Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at McNair Upper Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McNair Upper Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 78.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

In the broader community, Fairfax County reports that median household earnings sit near $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which McNair Upper Elementary is one.

McNair Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McNair Upper Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McNair Upper Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for McNair Upper Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.