Oak View Elementary

As a large primary school in Fairfax, Virginia, Oak View Elementary caters to 776 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Oak View Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Oak View Elementary records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Oak View Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.1%; this one delivers 84.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) reports that median household income runs about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Oak View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robinson Secondary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oak View Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 82.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 837 students in 2018 compared to 776 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 65% to 57%.

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