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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000594
Wolftrap Elementary
1903 Beulah Rd, Vienna, VA 22182 · (703) 319-7300 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
8 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
53%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
97.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
96.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 97.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
96.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 88% 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 Wolftrap Elementary
Wolftrap Elementary's state test result (96.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolftrap Elementary this school | 529 | 1.5% | 96.3% |
| Chesterbrook Elementary McLean | 557 | 2.5% | 90.2% |
| Flint Hill Elementary Vienna | 614 | 6.7% | 90.3% |
| Great Falls Elementary Great Falls | 513 | 7.4% | 92.2% |
| Cherry Run Elementary Burke | 481 | 7.9% | 87.3% |
| Wakefield Forest Elementary Fairfax | 626 | 8.3% | 91.5% |
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 Wolftrap Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 96.3% | #4 of 1,101 | #3 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #11 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #5 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #5 of 1,111 ▼ 1 | #3 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #503 of 1,176 | #107 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #953 of 1,105 | #133 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #705 of 1,106 | #125 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.5% | #1,157 of 1,157 | #140 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #417 of 759 | #54 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
529
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 529 | 32.5 | 16.3:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 34.2 | 17.3:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 0% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 24 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wolftrap Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (593 to 529); teachers down 5% (34.2 to 32.5).
About Wolftrap Elementary
Wolftrap Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Vienna, Virginia. Enrollment stands at 529 students, covering pre-K through 6.
Wolftrap Elementary is one school in a 199-school district, Fairfax County Public Schools, which enrolls 179,323 students.
The share of White students at Wolftrap Elementary is 66%, a majority. After that, the student body is 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Fairfax County is about 49% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The school has 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Fairfax County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Wolftrap Elementary scores 96.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 87.7%.
Census data for Fairfax County show the median household earns about $153,637 a year, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Wolftrap Elementary, Fairfax County has 222 public schools.
Wolftrap Elementary's nearest public school is Westbriar Elementary (about 1.2 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wolftrap Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 539 in 2020-21 to 529 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students.
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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 Vienna
- Oakton HighHigh · 2,621 students
- Madison HighHigh · 2,090 students
- Thoreau MiddleMiddle · 1,239 students
- Kilmer MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Westbriar ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Colvin Run ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Westbriar Elementary1.2 mi · 840
- Vienna Elementary1.2 mi · 357
- Archer Elementary1.5 mi · 543
- Madison High1.6 mi · 2,090
- Flint Hill Elementary1.8 mi · 614
- Cunningham Park Elementary2.0 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Wolftrap ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wolftrap Elementary?
Wolftrap Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-06.
Is Wolftrap Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wolftrap Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wolftrap Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wolftrap Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wolftrap Elementary?
At Wolftrap Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Wolftrap Elementary?
Wolftrap 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.