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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000582
Washington Mill Elementary
9100 Cherrytree Dr, Alexandria, VA 22309 · (703) 619-2500 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
467 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
71%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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Washington Mill Elementary
Washington Mill Elementary's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Mill Elementary this school | 592 | 78.9% | 61.5% |
| Widewater Elementary Stafford | 698 | 73.5% | 59.4% |
| Mary Carr Greer Elementary Charlottesville | 520 | 85.4% | 49.1% |
| Riverside Elementary Alexandria | 741 | 80.3% | 71.8% |
| Hollin Meadows Elementary Alexandria | 594 | 76.3% | 54.8% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
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 Washington Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #799 of 1,101 | #102 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #784 of 1,111 ▲ 99 | #107 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #792 of 1,111 ▲ 39 | #104 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #375 of 1,176 | #87 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #686 of 1,105 | #103 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #190 of 1,106 | #39 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #508 of 1,157 | #21 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #601 of 759 | #82 of 110 |
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
592
+40 (+7%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 592 | 40.7 | 14.6:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 39.6 | 14.5:1 | 72% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 42.5 | 13.0:1 | 66% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 45 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 47.5 | 13.2:1 | 51% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 49% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 54% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 34% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (625 to 592); teachers down 14% (47.5 to 40.7).
About Washington Mill Elementary
Alexandria, Virginia, is home to Washington Mill Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 592 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Washington Mill Elementary included, with 179,323 students in all.
The largest group at Washington Mill Elementary is Hispanic students, at 40%. The remaining students are 29% Black, 20% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Fairfax County is about 18% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Washington Mill Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The school has 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Washington Mill Elementary outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Washington Mill Elementary is 66.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fairfax County show that median household income comes to about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 222, with about 174,475 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Woodley Hills Elementary, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Washington Mill Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Washington Mill Elementary enrolled 552 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 592. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.3:1 to 14.6:1.
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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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- Woodley Hills Elementary0.8 mi · 495
- Mount Vernon High1.3 mi · 1,858
- Woodlawn Elementary1.4 mi · 447
- Riverside Elementary1.5 mi · 741
- Fort Hunt Elementary2.2 mi · 551
- Fort Belvoir Elementary2.2 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Mill ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Mill Elementary?
Washington Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Washington Mill Elementary serve?
Washington Mill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Mill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Mill Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Mill Elementary?
At Washington Mill Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 40% Hispanic, 29% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Washington Mill Elementary public or private?
Washington Mill 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.