Navy Elementary

Navy Elementary, a heavily attended elementary-level community in Fairfax, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, hosts 848 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Navy Elementary sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Navy Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 35% White, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Navy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 86.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 94.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put 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), Navy Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenbriar East Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Navy Elementary. On composite proficiency, Navy Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 78.9%.

Navy Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Navy Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 983 (now 848). White enrollment moved from 40% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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