Timber Lane Elementary

Located at 2737 West St, in Falls Church, Virginia, Timber Lane Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that hosts 584 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Fairfax County Public Schools.

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

Looking at the student body, Timber Lane Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 27% White, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Timber Lane Elementary has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Timber Lane Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household earnings sit near $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Timber Lane Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Graham Road Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Timber Lane Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Timber Lane Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 594 students in 2018 to 584 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 17% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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