Mount Vernon Woods Elementary

Mount Vernon Woods Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, educates 507 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mount Vernon Woods Elementary logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% Black, 8% Asian, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mount Vernon Woods Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Vernon Woods Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of -13.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) records 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%. Mount Vernon Woods Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Vernon Woods Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Vernon Woods Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

Mount Vernon Woods Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary has contracted 28%, going from 700 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Mount Vernon Woods Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.