Woodburn Elementary

Woodburn Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Falls Church, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools, with 483 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Woodburn Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that caters to 179,323 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woodburn Elementary shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 20% White, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodburn Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 69.6%; this one comes in at 48.8%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) logs that median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Woodburn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Camelot Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodburn Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 483 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 14% to 7% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.