Rose Hill Elementary

Set in Alexandria, Virginia, Rose Hill Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools. It educates 671 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Rose Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Rose Hill Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 34% White, 9% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Rose Hill Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Rose Hill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put median household earnings sit near $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Rose Hill Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Twain Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rose Hill Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Rose Hill Elementary's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 694 (now 671). The White share of enrollment grew from 28% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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