Mount Eagle Elementary

Mount Eagle Elementary is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Alexandria, Virginia, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, with 361 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Mount Eagle Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that teaches 179,323 students overall.

Demographically, Mount Eagle Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% White, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, Mount Eagle Elementary reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 79% of students at Mount Eagle Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Eagle Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.7%; this one comes in at 41.5%, -25.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Mount Eagle Elementary is one campus in the mix.

West Potomac High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Eagle Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Mount Eagle Elementary's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 361). The Black share of enrollment fell from 17% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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