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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000559
Ravensworth Elementary
5411 Nutting Dr, Springfield, VA 22151 · (703) 426-3600 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
103 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
67%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Ravensworth Elementary
Ravensworth Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensworth Elementary this school | 568 | 18.1% | 81.0% |
| Kings Park Elementary Springfield | 653 | 22.7% | 79.0% |
| Newington Forest Elementary Springfield | 579 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
| Sanders Corner Elementary Ashburn | 503 | 26.0% | 82.3% |
| Glebe Elementary Arlington | 574 | 15.3% | 92.8% |
| Cedar Point Elementary Bristow | 510 | 23.5% | 85.9% |
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 Ravensworth Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #283 of 1,101 | #55 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #246 of 1,111 ▲ 207 | #51 of 136 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #188 of 1,111 ▲ 203 | #51 of 136 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #430 of 1,176 | #95 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #775 of 1,105 | #109 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #342 of 1,106 | #66 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #1,042 of 1,157 | #95 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #282 of 324 | #30 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
568
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 568 | 37.8 | 15.0:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 38.3 | 14.8:1 | 22% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 37.3 | 16.1:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 39 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 35.6 | 15.7:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 31 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ravensworth Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (558 to 568); teachers up 6% (35.6 to 37.8).
About Ravensworth Elementary
Ravensworth Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Springfield, Virginia, (ZIP code 22151). A federal count lists 568 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Fairfax County Public Schools has 179,323 students in 199 schools, and Ravensworth Elementary is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Ravensworth Elementary, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is close to the 49% White share among all Fairfax County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Ravensworth Elementary, 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 18% of enrollment. The 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 19 points higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ravensworth Elementary is -2.2 points: 81.0% actual, 83.2% predicted.
Among Fairfax County residents, the median household income is $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Ravensworth Elementary, Fairfax County has 221 other public schools.
The closest public school, Kings Glen Elementary, is about 0.6 miles from Ravensworth Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ravensworth Elementary places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 561 in 2020-21 to 568 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Ravensworth Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Springfield
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Lewis HighHigh · 1,658 students
- Irving MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Sangster ElementaryElementary · 928 students
- Orange Hunt ElementaryElementary · 874 students
- Keene Mill ElementaryElementary · 813 students
Nearby schools
- Kings Glen Elementary0.6 mi · 476
- North Springfield Elementary0.9 mi · 465
- Kings Park Elementary1.0 mi · 653
- Cardinal Forest Elementary1.2 mi · 680
- Braddock Elementary1.4 mi · 955
- Irving Middle1.5 mi · 1,204
Frequently asked questions
About Ravensworth ElementaryHow large is Ravensworth Elementary?
Ravensworth Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Ravensworth Elementary serve?
Ravensworth Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ravensworth Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ravensworth Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ravensworth Elementary?
Ravensworth Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Ravensworth Elementary?
Ravensworth Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.