Sleepy Hollow Elementary

Sleepy Hollow Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Falls Church, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 475 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Sleepy Hollow Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that hosts 179,323 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sleepy Hollow Elementary reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 4% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Sleepy Hollow Elementary shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sleepy Hollow Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 68.4%; Sleepy Hollow Elementary posts 48.2%, -20.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fairfax County shows median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Sleepy Hollow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beech Tree Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sleepy Hollow Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sleepy Hollow Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

Sleepy Hollow Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 9%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 71% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.