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What's the most underrated thing about Sleepy Hollow Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000565
Sleepy Hollow Elementary
3333 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Falls Church, VA 22044 · (703) 237-7000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
343 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
46%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
52.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
57.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 61.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary
Sleepy Hollow Elementary's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary this school | 475 | 72.2% | 48.2% |
| Woodburn Elementary Falls Church | 483 | 67.9% | 48.8% |
| Suella G. Ellis Elementary Manassas | 403 | 71.2% | 60.4% |
| Dale City Elementary Woodbridge | 443 | 71.1% | 81.8% |
| Enterprise Elementary Woodbridge | 414 | 70.5% | 66.0% |
| Mount Eagle Elementary Alexandria | 361 | 78.7% | 41.5% |
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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,002 of 1,101 | #124 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #929 of 1,111 ▲ 108 | #114 of 136 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #989 of 1,111 ▲ 56 | #118 of 136 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #644 of 1,176 | #123 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #324 of 1,105 | #52 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #830 of 1,106 | #131 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.2% | #631 of 1,157 | #32 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #137 of 324 | #16 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
475
+82 (+21%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 475 | 36.8 | 12.9:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 39.7 | 11.6:1 | 69% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 40.8 | 11.1:1 | 66% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 64% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 60% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 42% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 32% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sleepy Hollow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (435 to 475); teachers up 2% (36 to 36.8).
About Sleepy Hollow Elementary
Sleepy Hollow Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Falls Church, Virginia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 475 students.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary is among 199 schools run by Fairfax County Public Schools, which serves 179,323 students.
At 71%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Sleepy Hollow Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 20% White, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. County-wide, 18% of Fairfax County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Sleepy Hollow Elementary comes in at 46%.
With 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Sleepy Hollow Elementary was 12.9:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Sleepy Hollow Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 72%. It compares with 37% for public schools in Fairfax County.
The allk12 Grade for Sleepy Hollow Elementary is D. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Sleepy Hollow Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% in Virginia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.2%, against a prediction of 68.4%.
In the county around the school, 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%. A total of 222 public schools operate in Fairfax County, serving about 174,475 students.
The closest other public school is Beech Tree Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Sleepy Hollow Elementary ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 48.2% versus a 57.8% average.
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 grew from 393 to 475. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.9:1, from 10.9:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
Other Sleepy Hollow Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sleepy Hollow Elementary. Sleepy Hollow Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 519 students
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolSleepy Hollow, IL · 424 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryOrinda, CA · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Beech Tree Elementary0.7 mi · 366
- Westlawn Elementary0.9 mi · 789
- Justice High1.0 mi · 2,357
- Belvedere Elementary1.2 mi · 606
- Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.2 mi · 539
- Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.3 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Sleepy Hollow ElementaryHow large is Sleepy Hollow Elementary?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sleepy Hollow Elementary serve?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sleepy Hollow Elementary have?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sleepy Hollow Elementary?
At Sleepy Hollow Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 71% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sleepy Hollow Elementary in?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
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