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Rolling Valley Elementary
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rolling Valley Elementary
Rolling Valley Elementary operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Springfield, Virginia, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 521 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.
Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Rolling Valley Elementary is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Rolling Valley Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 14% Black, 9% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at Rolling Valley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rolling Valley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.8%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) logs that median household income runs about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Rolling Valley Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).
West Springfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rolling Valley Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 83.3%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rolling Valley Elementary has edged down 12%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 49% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.
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