Waynewood Elementary

Waynewood Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school caters to 738 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Waynewood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Waynewood Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at Waynewood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Fairfax County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Waynewood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 92.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Fairfax County shows the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Waynewood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sandburg Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Waynewood Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.4%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waynewood Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 735 students in 2018 to 738 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 86% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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