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What's one thing Westbriar Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000586
Westbriar Elementary
1741 Pine Valley Dr, Vienna, VA 22182 · (703) 937-1700 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
75 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 152 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (152).
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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
95.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 95.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
91.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% 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 Westbriar Elementary
Westbriar Elementary's state test result (91.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbriar Elementary this school | 840 | 8.9% | 91.2% |
| Henrietta Lacks Elementary Aldie | 780 | 8.6% | N/A |
| Spring Hill Elementary McLean | 980 | 11.1% | 91.3% |
| Hovatter Elementary Aldie | 810 | 3.7% | 84.4% |
| Mill Run Elementary Ashburn | 636 | 10.5% | 92.4% |
| Willow Springs Elementary Fairfax | 818 | 15.0% | 89.0% |
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 Westbriar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #36 of 1,101 | #13 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #20 of 1,111 ▲ 22 | #9 of 136 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #51 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #21 of 136 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #58 of 1,176 | #16 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #967 of 1,105 | #135 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #317 of 1,106 | #63 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.9% | #1,127 of 1,157 | #121 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #694 of 759 | #101 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
840
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 840 | 51.2 | 16.4:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 48.1 | 17.6:1 | 9% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 10% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 54 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 21 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westbriar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (858 to 840); teachers up 11% (46 to 51.2).
About Westbriar Elementary
Westbriar Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Vienna, Virginia. The school enrolls 840 students in pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
Fairfax County Public Schools serves 179,323 students across 199 schools.
About 41% of students at Westbriar Elementary are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 38% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Fairfax County's residents are about 49% White, 8 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Westbriar Elementary are from different groups.
Westbriar Elementary reported 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Roughly 9% of students at Westbriar Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Fairfax County.
Westbriar Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Westbriar Elementary is 85.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 91.2%.
For Fairfax County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $153,637 a year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Westbriar Elementary, Fairfax County has 222 public schools.
Westbriar Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Freedom Hill Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Westbriar Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Westbriar Elementary's average proficiency of 91.2% compares with 82.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Westbriar Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 840, starting from 833.
Westbriar Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Vienna
- Oakton HighHigh · 2,621 students
- Madison HighHigh · 2,090 students
- Thoreau MiddleMiddle · 1,239 students
- Kilmer MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Colvin Run ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- Marshall Road ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 500
- Wolftrap Elementary1.2 mi · 529
- Kilmer Center1.5 mi · 57
- Spring Hill Elementary1.6 mi · 980
- Kilmer Middle1.6 mi · 1,199
- Vienna Elementary1.7 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Westbriar ElementaryHow large is Westbriar Elementary?
Westbriar Elementary enrolls approximately 840 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Westbriar Elementary serve?
Westbriar Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westbriar Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westbriar Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Westbriar Elementary?
Student demographics at Westbriar Elementary are roughly 41% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 38% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Westbriar Elementary in?
Westbriar Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.