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Enrollment
928
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002119
Sangster Elementary
7420 Reservation Dr, Springfield, VA 22153 · (703) 644-8200 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL928 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 174 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 170 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 49% smaller than its 6th grade class (170).
Student demographics
62%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
98.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
99.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 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 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 98.0% | 99.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 98.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 98.0% |
% 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
97.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Sangster Elementary
Sangster Elementary's state test result (97.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangster Elementary this school | 928 | 3.7% | 97.5% |
| Moseley Elementary Moseley | 972 | 8.3% | 86.5% |
| Silverbrook Elementary Fairfax Station | 799 | 8.1% | 88.8% |
| Union Mill Elementary Clifton | 874 | 12.5% | 82.0% |
| Oak View Elementary Fairfax | 776 | 11.0% | 84.5% |
| Woolridge Elementary Midlothian | 813 | 11.1% | 87.1% |
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 Sangster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 97.5% | #3 of 1,101 | #2 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #2 of 1,111 no change | #1 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #2 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #2 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 928 | #24 of 1,176 | #6 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,035 of 1,105 | #143 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #526 of 1,106 | #96 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.7% | #1,151 of 1,157 | #136 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #633 of 759 | #86 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
928
+41 (+5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 928 | 53.9 | 17.2:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 51.3 | 17.5:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 52.3 | 17.7:1 | 3% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 55 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 54.5 | 17.8:1 | 2% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 930 | 50 | 18.6:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | 31 | 27.6:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 1% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 922 | 46 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sangster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (968 to 928); teachers down 1% (54.5 to 53.9).
About Sangster Elementary
Families in Springfield, Virginia, are served by Sangster Elementary, a large elementary school. The school counts 928 students across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 86% larger than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools with a combined 179,323 students. Sangster Elementary is one of them.
Sangster Elementary's enrollment is 58% White. Other groups make up 14% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 49% of Fairfax County residents are White. Sangster Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 17.2:1 comes from the school's 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 4% in 2024-25. It compares with 37% for public schools in Fairfax County.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Sangster Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sangster Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 97.5% actual against 87.1% predicted.
Fairfax County census figures show that median household income is about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sangster Elementary is among the 222 public schools in Fairfax County.
Cherry Run Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sangster Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sangster Elementary had 887 students in 2020-21 and 928 in 2024-25, a 5% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.1:1 to 17.2:1.
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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 Springfield
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Lewis HighHigh · 1,658 students
- Irving MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Orange Hunt ElementaryElementary · 874 students
- Keene Mill ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- Hunt Valley ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Cherry Run Elementary1.1 mi · 481
- Orange Hunt Elementary1.2 mi · 874
- Hunt Valley Elementary1.6 mi · 735
- Silverbrook Elementary1.8 mi · 799
- White Oaks Elementary1.9 mi · 699
- Newington Forest Elementary2.1 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Sangster ElementaryHow many students attend Sangster Elementary?
Sangster Elementary enrolls approximately 928 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Sangster Elementary serve?
Sangster Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sangster Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sangster Elementary is approximately 17.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sangster Elementary?
Student demographics at Sangster Elementary are roughly 58% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Sangster Elementary?
Sangster 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.