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Alumni: what's one memory from Woodlawn Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000598
Woodlawn Elementary
8505 Highland Ln, Alexandria, VA 22309 · (703) 619-4800 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
373 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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
59%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
50.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Woodlawn Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Elementary this school | 447 | 83.4% | 49.8% |
| Woodley Hills Elementary Alexandria | 495 | 83.6% | 53.0% |
| George Carr Round Elementary Manassas | 512 | 88.9% | 61.3% |
| Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary Winchester | 415 | 83.6% | 50.5% |
| Bucknell Elementary Alexandria | 319 | 79.6% | 52.0% |
| Belmont Elementary Woodbridge | 492 | 71.1% | 73.8% |
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 Woodlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #976 of 1,101 | #116 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,030 of 1,111 ▲ 18 | #132 of 136 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,008 of 1,111 ▼ 43 | #121 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #715 of 1,176 | #127 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #122 of 1,105 | #15 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #589 of 1,106 | #108 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #452 of 1,157 | #15 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #218 of 759 | #33 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
447
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 447 | 38.7 | 11.6:1 | 83% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 38.6 | 12.1:1 | 70% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 43.5 | 11.0:1 | 68% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 46 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 43.4 | 12.6:1 | 71% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 58% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 60% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 44% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 31 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (547 to 447); teachers down 11% (43.4 to 38.7).
About Woodlawn Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Alexandria. It educates 447 students in pre-K through 6.
Fairfax County Public Schools serves 179,323 students across 199 schools.
At 60%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Woodlawn Elementary combined. The remaining students are 19% Black, 10% White, 9% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Fairfax County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. Woodlawn Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Woodlawn Elementary is 38.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 83% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Woodlawn Elementary is D. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Woodlawn Elementary would score about 65.4%. It scores 49.8%, a bottom-10% result among Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Fairfax County, median household income is about $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Woodlawn Elementary is among the 222 public schools in Fairfax County.
The closest public school to Woodlawn Elementary is Woodley Hills Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Woodlawn Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 480 to 447 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 10.4:1 to 11.6:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Other Woodlawn Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodlawn Elementary. Woodlawn Elementary is the 8th largest of the 13.
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEBRING, FL · 834 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryWoodlawn, TN · 708 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryBaton Rouge, LA · 658 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolDanville, KY · 657 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Woodley Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 495
- Riverside Elementary1.3 mi · 741
- Fort Belvoir Elementary1.3 mi · 707
- Washington Mill Elementary1.4 mi · 592
- Mount Vernon High1.4 mi · 1,858
- Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary1.4 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn ElementaryHow large is Woodlawn Elementary?
Woodlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-06.
Is Woodlawn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodlawn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Woodlawn Elementary have?
Woodlawn Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodlawn Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodlawn Elementary are roughly 10% White, 60% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Woodlawn Elementary in?
Woodlawn Elementary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
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