Oakton Elementary

Oakton Elementary is a sizable elementary school in Oakton, Virginia, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school hosts 795 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Oakton Elementary sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Oakton Elementary reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oakton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.5%, the actual is 87.0%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the area at large, Fairfax County reports that median household earnings sit near $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Oakton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Oakton High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakton Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakton Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 82.9%.

Oakton Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakton Elementary has contracted 3%, going from 821 students in 2018 to 795 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 48% over that span.

On this page, members of the Oakton Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.