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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000556
Pine Spring Elementary
7607 Willow Ln, Falls Church, VA 22042 · (571) 226-4400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
453 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
67.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pine Spring Elementary
Pine Spring Elementary's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Spring Elementary this school | 607 | 74.6% | 62.3% |
| Crestwood Elementary Springfield | 582 | 76.1% | 46.5% |
| Potomac View Elementary Woodbridge | 557 | 70.7% | 69.8% |
| Westlawn Elementary Falls Church | 789 | 77.1% | 44.0% |
| Belmont Elementary Woodbridge | 492 | 71.1% | 73.8% |
| Woodburn Elementary Falls Church | 483 | 67.9% | 48.8% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pine Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #786 of 1,101 | #100 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #738 of 1,111 ▲ 38 | #99 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #889 of 1,111 ▼ 33 | #111 of 136 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #346 of 1,176 | #75 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #469 of 1,105 | #67 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #704 of 1,106 | #124 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #584 of 1,157 | #27 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #259 of 324 | #28 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
607
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 607 | 44.6 | 13.6:1 | 75% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 46.6 | 13.2:1 | 65% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 45.8 | 13.7:1 | 63% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 50 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 62% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 58% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 53% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 37 | 10.9:1 | 43% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 25 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Spring Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (590 to 607); teachers up 4% (43 to 44.6).
About Pine Spring Elementary
Pine Spring Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Falls Church, Virginia. Federal data show 607 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
Pine Spring Elementary is one of the 199 schools that make up Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students in total).
The share of Hispanic students at Pine Spring Elementary is 65%, a majority. The remaining students are 18% White, 11% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show Fairfax County is about 18% Hispanic. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Pine Spring Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 44.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.6:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. The 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 38 points lower.
Pine Spring Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.8% for Pine Spring Elementary. The school posts 62.3%, 5.5 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Fairfax County, median household income comes to about $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 222, with about 174,475 students.
Falls Church High sits about 0.6 miles from Pine Spring Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Pine Spring Elementary is 5th among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.6:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pine Spring Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
Nearby schools
- Falls Church High0.6 mi · 2,170
- Timber Lane Elementary0.9 mi · 584
- Graham Road Elementary1.1 mi · 438
- Jackson Middle1.1 mi · 991
- Shrevewood Elementary1.3 mi · 579
- Woodburn Elementary1.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Spring ElementaryHow large is Pine Spring Elementary?
Pine Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pine Spring Elementary serve?
Pine Spring Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Pine Spring Elementary have?
Pine Spring Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Pine Spring Elementary?
Student demographics at Pine Spring Elementary are roughly 18% White, 65% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pine Spring Elementary in?
Pine Spring Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.