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Hutchison Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6

1096^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,111 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Hutchison Elementary is a large PK-6 school in Herndon, VA, serving 970 students as part of Fairfax County Public Schools — a district that ranks in the 70th percentile statewide with a 4-star rating. Despite that strong district context, Hutchison currently ranks in the 1st percentile of Virginia elementary schools, placing it near the very bottom of the state's 1,111 elementary schools. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 92.4% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024-25, up from 86% two years earlier.

Test scores at Hutchison are dramatically below both district and state averages. On recent SOL tests, average math proficiency across grades 3-6 is roughly 37%, compared to the district average of about 73%; reading proficiency sits near 41%, versus the district's 77%. Even the school's strongest subject, 6th-grade reading, reached only 47.9% proficiency — far below the district's 80.4%. Academic outcomes are weak even compared to schools with similar poverty levels. Nearby Forest Grove Elementary and Sully Elementary both serve roughly 99% free/reduced lunch populations and outperform Hutchison in several early-grade subjects. Dogwood Elementary, with 98.5% poverty, ranks at the 6th percentile — slightly better than Hutchison. By contrast, Floris Elementary, less than two miles away, has just 11.9% poverty and posts 80-90% proficiency in most subjects, illustrating how sharply outcomes can vary across attendance zones within the same district.

Notably, chronic absenteeism is a genuine bright spot: just 4.0% in 2024-25 — the lowest among nearby schools and far better than the district's 11.9% — and it has improved dramatically from 20.6% in 2021-22. Hutchison also spends more per student ($15,579) than several higher-performing Fairfax schools and maintains a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.5. The challenge appears to lie in instructional support and student mobility rather than attendance or resources. Test scores are also volatile year to year, making trends hard to track. One positive signal worth monitoring: the African American student subgroup ranked at the 49th percentile in 2022-23, far stronger than the school's overall profile, though more recent data are not yet available.

970

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,579

Per pupil spending ?

92.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13209 Parcher Ave
Herndon, VA 20170-4399

(703) 925-8300

District: Fairfax County Public Schools

Students who attend Hutchison Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Herndon Middle
High:	Herndon High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.5%

Asian:

6.9%

African American:

5.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (40% vs 71% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Mathematics scores 34 pts below the Virginia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg75%

Virginia avg71%

1,096^th of 1,111

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

136^th of 137Elementary Schools in the Fairfax County Public Schools

39^th of 131Fairfax County Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	2.6	1096 of 1111	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.4	1087 of 1110	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.1	1068 of 1114	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	1060 of 1114	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	1031 of 1109	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.1	1051 of 1103	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	1026 of 1105	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.2	1059 of 1097	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.3	1055 of 1099	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.5	1053 of 1096	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	15.0	1021 of 1100	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	8.8	1075 of 1110	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	18.1	1024 of 1120	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	16.3	1054 of 1117	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	27.2	972 of 1117	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	20.7	1031 of 1113	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	33.4	877 of 1082	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	25.1	955 of 1081	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	14.6	1033 of 1083	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	19.9	983 of 1071	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	16.6	991 of 1062	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2023	54.1	298 of 579	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	1.0	416 of 420	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	344 of 355	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.2	310 of 324	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	16.2	296 of 315	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.1	311 of 326	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	282 of 306	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	259 of 300	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	3.9	1086 of 1100	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.5	1073 of 1096	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.3	1053 of 1098	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.2	1057 of 1100	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	5.3	613 of 619	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.2	599 of 606	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	549 of 580	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	532 of 564	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	9.9	998 of 1040	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.3	1017 of 1046	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.1	968 of 1036	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	2.2	1084 of 1099	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.8	1061 of 1093	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.7	1066 of 1101	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.3	1037 of 1093	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2023)49th percentile+44 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)6th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)1st percentile~ school

Female (2026)1st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school

Disabled (2026)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

Science42%-27 vs state

English Reading41%-30 vs state

Mathematics37%-34 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, July 7, 2012

The education is sub par at best. The lice problem is out of control. My daughter came home with lice 4 times this year alone. We had to buy special shampoo that helped prevent lice. She brought home report cards with grades in outstanding achievement but less then outstanding in effort. If my daughter has to put forth no effort to achieve outstanding, I think that may be something the school should be concerned with. She was in the first grade this past year. She brought home a homework packet every week and one of the pages was 100 squares that she had to put numbers 1-100 in. She got it on the first try. Were there other students that couldn't count by the end of the first grade? The homework packet was supposed to be for the whole week and she would finish everything in about a half hour. None of the school staff could agree on the schedules and they were quick to reprimand the parents if you followed the wrong staff members instructions. The principal... don't even know who the principal was. My wife met her in person once and instead of answering the one question my wife had, she sent my wife to the office to schedule an appointment. Close Quote

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Hutchison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13209 Parcher Ave	Herndon	20170	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 925-8300	970	72	13.5	92.4%	42 (4.3%)	55 (5.7%)	771 (79.5%)	67 (6.9%)	21 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.4%)	2.6	1096^th of 1111 public elementary schools	1.4%		3.4	1087^th of 1110 public elementary schools	2.1%	9			44.6	43.5	28.8	31.6	41.6	38.4	37.4	41.4	47.9		$15,579	$1,824	$13,756
Coates Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2480 River Birch Rd.	Herndon	20171	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 713-3000	996	70	14.1	71.7%	165 (16.6%)	273 (27.4%)	325 (32.6%)	184 (18.5%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.5%)	20.4	936^th of 1111 public elementary schools	15.8%		15.8	974^th of 1110 public elementary schools	12.3%	38			69.8	56.4	50.5	68.8	51.5	52.7	47.7	54.4	64.6		$12,009	$375	$11,634
McNair Upper Elementary	Public	3-6	2410 Fox Mill Road	Herndon	20171	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 793-4800	605	36	16.9	34.7%	76 (12.6%)	103 (17.0%)	103 (17.0%)	300 (49.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.8%)	52.3	588^th of 1111 public elementary schools	47.1%		53.7	558^th of 1110 public elementary schools	49.7%	30	≥ 50%	≥ 50%	67.7	77.7	63.3	71.9	68.1	66.9	69.8	75.0	84.9		$10,903	$271	$10,633
McNair Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	2499 Thomas Jefferson Dr.	Herndon	20171	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 793-4800	520	41	12.6	48.8%	93 (17.9%)	111 (21.3%)	84 (16.2%)	213 (41.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)								(n/a)													$14,714	$423	$14,291
Clearview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	12635 Builders Rd	Herndon	20170	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 708-6000	580	50	11.4	60.2%	154 (26.6%)	37 (6.4%)	325 (56.0%)	40 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.8%)	43.3	700^th of 1111 public elementary schools	37.0%		36.3	752^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	32.3%	52			71.3	68.2	63.3	68.9	68.9	62.8	58.3	74.3	78.1		$15,631	$1,241	$14,391
Floris Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2708 Centreville Rd	Herndon	20171	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 561-2900	666	44	15.0	11.9%	193 (29.0%)	37 (5.6%)	48 (7.2%)	338 (50.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (6.6%)	82.1	170^th of 1111 public elementary schools	84.7%		75.2	286^th of 1110 public elementary schools	74.2%	116		100.0	89.0	79.6	85.2	79.6	92.6	85.9	83.0	86.3	90.5		$10,732	$335	$10,396
Herndon Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	630 Dranesville Rd	Herndon	20170	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(703) 326-3100	792	52	15.3	74.4%	102 (12.9%)	81 (10.2%)	549 (69.3%)	42 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	2.1	1098^th of 1111 public elementary schools	1.2%		3.3	1091^st of 1110 public elementary schools	1.7%	7			42.6	37.8	12.1	27.3	33.7	36.6	42.0	42.3	52.8		$14,282	$1,269	$13,013
Forest Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	46245 Forest Ridge Dr.	Sterling	20164	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 434-4560	529	55	9.6	99.4%	80 (15.1%)	22 (4.2%)	355 (67.1%)	56 (10.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.6%)	20.3	937^th of 1111 public elementary schools	15.7%		18.1	948^th of 1110 public elementary schools	14.6%	11			53.5	65.0	65.5		50.6	40.9	59.5	53.5		76.7	$21,258	$1,078	$20,180
Dogwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	12300 Glade Dr	Reston	20191	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 262-3100	745	59	12.5	98.5%	87 (11.7%)	104 (14.0%)	439 (58.9%)	77 (10.3%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.3%)	7.8	1046^th of 1111 public elementary schools	5.9%		5.1	1072^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	3.4%	26			54.0	50.0	45.9	55.3	49.4	40.3	45.1	39.8	39.3		$13,667	$1,230	$12,437
Sully Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Circle Dr	Sterling	20164	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(571) 434-4570	476	52	9.0	99.4%	22 (4.6%)	16 (3.4%)	407 (85.5%)	26 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	10.7	1022^nd of 1111 public elementary schools	8.0%		3.4	1088^th of 1110 public elementary schools	2.0%	66			60.3	42.2	42.9		46.0	56.7	43.8	36.5		70.0	$21,249	$900	$20,349

Frequently Asked Questions about Hutchison Elementary

Is Hutchison Elementary a good school?

Hutchison Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.4% of Virginia elementary schools.

What district is Hutchison Elementary in?

Fairfax County Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Hutchison Elementary?

Students at Hutchison Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% African American, 4% White, 2% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Hutchison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Hutchison Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Herndon Middle
High : Herndon High

How many students attend Hutchison Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 970 students attended Hutchison Elementary.

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