1
Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126001843
White Oaks Elementary
6130 Shiplett Blvd, Burke, VA 22015 · (703) 923-1400 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
171 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 | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 47% smaller than its 6th grade class (124).
Student demographics
74%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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 White Oaks Elementary
White Oaks Elementary's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oaks Elementary this school | 699 | 24.5% | 84.3% |
| Keene Mill Elementary Springfield | 813 | 20.5% | 89.0% |
| Cub Run Elementary Centreville | 620 | 23.9% | 74.5% |
| Cardinal Forest Elementary Springfield | 680 | 31.2% | 76.2% |
| John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary Leesburg | 617 | 26.7% | 84.9% |
| Bonnie Brae Elementary Fairfax | 718 | 24.7% | 77.2% |
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 White Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #194 of 1,101 | #46 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #247 of 1,111 ▼ 36 | #52 of 136 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #142 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #44 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #189 of 1,176 | #47 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #518 of 1,105 | #75 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #86 of 1,106 | #19 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #982 of 1,157 | #83 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #172 of 759 | #24 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
699
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 699 | 50.5 | 13.8:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 45.8 | 15.8:1 | 24% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 46.8 | 15.4:1 | 24% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 47 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 19% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 47 | 18.3:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 28 | 25.4:1 | 17% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 11% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 44 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (877 to 699); teachers up 5% (48 to 50.5).
About White Oaks Elementary
White Oaks Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Burke, Virginia, one of the schools in Fairfax County Public Schools. Its 699 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 40% bigger than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Fairfax County Public Schools counts 179,323 students in its 199 schools, and White Oaks Elementary is one of them.
The most common group at White Oaks Elementary is White students, at 40%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. The county population is about 49% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Eligible students account for 24% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Fairfax County report 37%.
A school with White Oaks Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 81.4%. White Oaks Elementary scores 84.3%, 2.9 points above that line.
White Oaks Elementary is located in Fairfax County, where the median household income is $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. White Oaks Elementary is one of 222 public schools in the county.
Cherry Run Elementary is the public school closest to White Oaks Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 85.6% on proficiency, and White Oaks Elementary is below that at 84.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 703 students in 2020-21 and 699 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 15.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Burke
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Terra Centre ElementaryElementary · 594 students
- Cherry Run ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- ALC at BurkeElementary
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Other White Oaks Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named White Oaks Elementary. White Oaks Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- White Oaks ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 653 students
- White Oaks ElementarySan Carlos, CA · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Cherry Run Elementary1.3 mi · 481
- Lake Braddock Secondary1.4 mi · 4,411
- Orange Hunt Elementary1.4 mi · 874
- Terra Centre Elementary1.5 mi · 594
- West Springfield High1.6 mi · 2,799
- Cardinal Forest Elementary1.7 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About White Oaks ElementaryHow large is White Oaks Elementary?
White Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 699 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does White Oaks Elementary serve?
White Oaks Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at White Oaks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at White Oaks Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at White Oaks Elementary?
At White Oaks Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is White Oaks Elementary public or private?
White Oaks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
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