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What do you wish you knew before starting at Powell Elementary?
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Enrollment
872
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002336
Powell Elementary
13340 Leland Rd., Centreville, VA 20120 · (571) 522-6000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
189 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 119 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (119).
Student demographics
59%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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
83.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Powell Elementary
Powell Elementary's state test result (83.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Elementary this school | 872 | 21.7% | 83.8% |
| Rosa Lee Carter Elementary Ashburn | 792 | 13.6% | 87.1% |
| Colonial Trail Elementary Glen Allen | 710 | 21.5% | 84.0% |
| Cardinal Ridge Elementary Centreville | 834 | 18.9% | 85.1% |
| Creighton's Corner Elementary Ashburn | 824 | 19.9% | 83.4% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
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 Powell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #209 of 1,101 | #49 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #195 of 1,111 ▼ 70 | #49 of 136 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #213 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #55 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #45 of 1,176 | #14 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #942 of 1,105 | #132 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #595 of 1,106 | #109 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,013 of 1,157 | #89 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #616 of 759 | #84 of 110 |
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
872
-57 (-6%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 1,117
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 872 | 53.9 | 16.2:1 | 22% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 61.4 | 14.3:1 | 22% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 929 | 61.5 | 15.1:1 | 21% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 929 | 64 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 56.7 | 16.1:1 | 15% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 977 | 58 | 16.8:1 | 12% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 1,117 | 60 | 18.6:1 | 14% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (916 to 872); teachers down 5% (56.7 to 53.9).
About Powell Elementary
Powell Elementary is a large elementary school in Centreville, Virginia, under Fairfax County Public Schools. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 872 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 75% above that.
Fairfax County Public Schools counts 179,323 students in its 199 schools, and Powell Elementary is one of them.
At 60%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Powell Elementary combined. The school is also 18% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 20%. The chance that two students picked at random at Powell Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Powell Elementary counts 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.2 students for each one. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is lower than this school's figure. About 22% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
Powell Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Powell Elementary scores 83.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 82.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fairfax County, median household income is about $153,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Powell Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County, which together enroll about 174,475 students.
The school nearest to Powell Elementary is Mountain View High, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of Powell Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Powell Elementary ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 929 to 872. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
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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 Centreville
- Cardinal Ridge ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Bull Run ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Centreville ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- Virginia Run ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Stone MiddleMiddle · 718 students
- London Towne ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other Powell Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Powell Elementary. Powell Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Powell ElementaryPowell, TN · 852 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolTHE WOODLANDS, TX · 830 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 514 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 418 students
- Powell ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View High1.1 mi · 145
- Poplar Tree Elementary1.2 mi · 683
- Centreville High1.5 mi · 2,347
- Willow Springs Elementary1.8 mi · 818
- Union Mill Elementary1.9 mi · 874
- Greenbriar East Elementary1.9 mi · 922
Frequently asked questions
About Powell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Powell Elementary?
Powell Elementary enrolls approximately 872 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Powell Elementary serve?
Powell Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Powell Elementary have?
Powell Elementary employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Powell Elementary?
Powell Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 60% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Powell Elementary public or private?
Powell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.