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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002146
Virginia Run Elementary
15450 Martins Hundred Dr, Centreville, VA 20120 · (703) 988-8900 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
299 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (121).
Student demographics
67%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 70.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Virginia Run Elementary
Virginia Run Elementary's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Run Elementary this school | 724 | 41.3% | 69.2% |
| Rose Hill Elementary Alexandria | 671 | 42.6% | 63.2% |
| Daniels Run Elementary Fairfax | 811 | 38.7% | 68.0% |
| Jordan Springs Elementary Stephenson | 668 | 39.5% | 70.6% |
| Dranesville Elementary Herndon | 610 | 47.4% | 66.0% |
| Alice West Fleet Elementary Arlington | 629 | 39.6% | 69.5% |
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 Virginia Run Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #616 of 1,101 | #87 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #596 of 1,111 ▲ 11 | #84 of 136 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #649 of 1,111 ▲ 31 | #95 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #164 of 1,176 | #43 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #896 of 1,105 | #124 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #344 of 1,106 | #68 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #844 of 1,157 | #53 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #142 of 324 | #17 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
724
+81 (+13%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 724 | 45.8 | 15.8:1 | 41% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 46.5 | 15.1:1 | 39% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 46.5 | 15.2:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 46 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 45.6 | 14.6:1 | 39% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 34% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 989 | 58 | 17.1:1 | 2% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 36 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia Run Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (665 to 724); teachers unchanged (45.6 to 45.8).
About Virginia Run Elementary
Virginia Run Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Centreville, Virginia. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 724 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 45% larger than that.
Fairfax County Public Schools has a total of 199 schools and 179,323 students, Virginia Run Elementary among them.
The most common group at Virginia Run Elementary is Hispanic students, at 42%. It is also 37% White, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Fairfax County's residents are about 18% Hispanic, 24 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Virginia Run Elementary is 41%.
allk12 grades Virginia Run Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Virginia Run Elementary would be expected to post about 76.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.2%.
Within Fairfax County, the median household income is $153,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Virginia Run Elementary, Fairfax County has 221 other public schools.
Deer Park Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 68.5% proficiency; Virginia Run Elementary posts 69.2%.
Virginia Run Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Virginia Run Elementary's enrollment climbed 13%, to 724. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.0 to 15.8 over 4 years.
The Virginia Run Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Centreville
- Powell ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- Cardinal Ridge ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Bull Run ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Centreville ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- Stone MiddleMiddle · 718 students
- London Towne ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Park Elementary0.8 mi · 522
- Stone Middle1.7 mi · 718
- Bull Run Early Childhood Resource Center1.7 mi · 236
- Bull Run Elementary1.7 mi · 766
- Cub Run Elementary1.7 mi · 620
- London Towne Elementary1.8 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia Run ElementaryHow large is Virginia Run Elementary?
Virginia Run Elementary enrolls approximately 724 students in grades PK-06.
Is Virginia Run Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Virginia Run Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Virginia Run Elementary have?
Virginia Run Elementary employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Virginia Run Elementary?
At Virginia Run Elementary, the student body is approximately 37% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Virginia Run Elementary public or private?
Virginia Run Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.