Springfield Estates Elementary

Springfield Estates Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Springfield, Virginia, run under Fairfax County Public Schools, with 596 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (179,323 students total), Springfield Estates Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Springfield Estates Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 19% Asian, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Springfield Estates Elementary has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Springfield Estates Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.0%, the actual is 85.2%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Fairfax County shows the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Springfield Estates Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Nearest neighbor: Key Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Springfield Estates Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 56.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield Estates Elementary has edged down 34%, going from 903 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.