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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000580
Wakefield Forest Elementary
4011 Iva Ln, Fairfax, VA 22032 · (703) 503-2300 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
52 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
61%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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up 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 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
91.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Wakefield Forest Elementary
Wakefield Forest Elementary's state test result (91.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Forest Elementary this school | 626 | 8.3% | 91.5% |
| Fox Mill Elementary Herndon | 650 | 9.2% | 87.7% |
| Flint Hill Elementary Vienna | 614 | 6.7% | 90.3% |
| Terra Centre Elementary Burke | 594 | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Chesterbrook Elementary McLean | 557 | 2.5% | 90.2% |
| J.W. Alvey Elementary Haymarket | 523 | 9.6% | 89.3% |
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 Wakefield Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.5% | #34 of 1,101 | #11 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #45 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #16 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #19 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #10 of 136 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #309 of 1,176 | #67 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #877 of 1,105 | #121 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #547 of 1,106 | #98 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #1,131 of 1,157 | #122 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #268 of 324 | #29 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
626
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 40.9 | 15.8:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 35.8 | 17.1:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 5% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (610 to 626); teachers up 12% (35.8 to 40).
About Wakefield Forest Elementary
Wakefield Forest Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 626 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
Fairfax County Public Schools operates 199 schools. Combined enrollment is 179,323 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wakefield Forest Elementary is White: 58%. Next come 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 49% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wakefield Forest Elementary scores 61%.
Wakefield Forest Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 1.8 students per teacher. At Wakefield Forest Elementary, 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County, the school's rate is lower.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 85.8% for Wakefield Forest Elementary. The school posts 91.5%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
In the wider Fairfax County area, median household income comes to about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfax County counts 222 public schools with about 174,475 students.
Measured in a straight line, Canterbury Woods Elementary is about 1.1 miles from Wakefield Forest Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wakefield Forest Elementary is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 632 in 2020-21 and 626 in 2024-25.
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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 Fairfax
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Woodson HighHigh · 2,436 students
- Fairfax HighHigh · 2,404 students
- Frost MiddleMiddle · 1,272 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 954 students
Nearby schools
- Canterbury Woods Elementary1.1 mi · 735
- Mantua Elementary1.1 mi · 909
- Little Run Elementary1.3 mi · 264
- Camelot Elementary1.4 mi · 602
- Frost Middle1.4 mi · 1,272
- Woodson High1.6 mi · 2,436
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield Forest ElementaryHow many students attend Wakefield Forest Elementary?
Wakefield Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wakefield Forest Elementary serve?
Wakefield Forest Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wakefield Forest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wakefield Forest Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wakefield Forest Elementary?
At Wakefield Forest Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wakefield Forest Elementary?
Wakefield Forest Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.