Stenwood Elementary

Stenwood Elementary operates as a medium-sized primary school in Vienna, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 538 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Fairfax County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 179,323 students; Stenwood Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stenwood Elementary records that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Fairfax County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Stenwood Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Stenwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.2%, the actual is 88.2%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) records that median household earnings sit near $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Stenwood Elementary is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Thoreau Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stenwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Stenwood Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stenwood Elementary has contracted 8%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 538 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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