Summary:
Vienna, Virginia is served by 15 schools in the Fairfax County Public Schools district — 10 elementary schools (PK–6), 2 middle schools (7–8), 2 high schools (9–12), and 1 alternative school (PK–12) — enrolling roughly 12,980 students within a district ranked 39th out of 131 in Virginia.
At the top of the elementary ranks, Wolftrap Elementary is the highest-ranked school in Vienna at #6 in Virginia, with near-perfect math and reading proficiency and the lowest chronic absenteeism (3.7%), while Colvin Run Elementary follows at #9 with outstanding 6th-grade reading (99.2%). Among high schools, Madison High leads at #29 in Virginia with a 98.3% graduation rate and 0.7% dropout rate, jumping from #97 to #29 over two years. Thoreau Middle is the top middle school at #51, outperforming Kilmer Middle (#73) in most tested subjects.
Vienna schools share a strong advanced math pipeline, with 100% proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry across multiple grade levels. However, a clear socioeconomic divide exists: the seven highest-ranked elementary schools have free/reduced-price lunch rates under 15%, while the lowest-ranked — Freedom Hill Elementary (45.4%), Cunningham Park Elementary (35.0%), and Marshall Road Elementary (33.9%) — rank near the middle of Virginia schools. Spending per student does not guarantee results: Vienna Elementary spends $14,027 per student and ranks in the 94th percentile, while Cunningham Park Elementary spends nearly the same ($14,020) but sits near the 48th percentile. Oakton High has elevated chronic absenteeism (16.4%), and Kilmer Center, the alternative school, is a true outlier with intensive support ($52,839 per student, 2.2 student–teacher ratio).
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