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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 20190

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At a glance

Schools

1,070

Students

Top rankedForest Edge Elementary530^th of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Forest Edge Elementary up 117 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 20190 (Reston, VA) is home to 2 schools—both elementary schools serving grades PK–6 with a combined enrollment of 1,070 students—and both belong to Fairfax County Public Schools, a district ranked 39th out of 131 districts in Virginia. The two schools, Lake Anne Elementary and Forest Edge Elementary, both improved their state rankings from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but they offer distinctly different profiles for parents to consider.

Forest Edge Elementary is the stronger-performing school overall. It ranked 530th out of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, a jump of 117 places from the prior year. Forest Edge posts higher average math proficiency (71.71% vs. 65.77%) and reading proficiency (74.43% vs. 67.29%) than Lake Anne, and its 5th grade science proficiency (77.97%) towers over Lake Anne's (49.18%). It also has lower chronic absenteeism (9.4% vs. 14.8%), smaller class sizes (11.3:1 vs. 13.5:1), and higher per-student spending ($14,914 vs. $12,719). Lake Anne Elementary, meanwhile, is the most improved school, climbing from 910th to 784th in the state rankings over two years and improving in every grade and subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, including large gains in 3rd and 4th grade reading.

One of the most notable findings is that Forest Edge has a much higher free/reduced lunch rate (78.41%) than Lake Anne (49.35%), yet it outperforms Lake Anne academically—suggesting that attendance, resources, and school practices matter more than poverty rates alone. Chronic absenteeism appears to be a key lever: Lake Anne's 14.8% rate matches the state average, while Forest Edge's 9.4% is well below it. Both schools share a bright spot in 6th grade, where Lake Anne exceeds district and state averages in math and Forest Edge exceeds them in both math and reading. However, both schools remain below the district's overall standing (70th percentile), with 5th grade science representing the largest gap between the two schools and a clear area of focus for Lake Anne.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Mathematics (2026)				SOL Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Mathematics 6th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Forest Edge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1501 Beacontree Ln	Reston	20190	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 925-8000	454	40	11.3	78.4%	139 (30.6%)	140 (30.8%)	112 (24.7%)	37 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	56.6	530^th of 1111 public elementary schools	52.3%		46.6	647^th of 1110 public elementary schools	41.7%	117	71.4	74.6	65.8	75.0	78.0	66.1	73.0	74.1	84.5	$14,914	$1,578	$13,336
Lake Anne Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	11510 North Shore Dr	Reston	20190	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 326-3500	616	45	13.5	49.4%	196 (31.8%)	84 (13.6%)	248 (40.3%)	44 (7.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.7%)	35.2	784^th of 1111 public elementary schools	29.4%		24.1	885^th of 1110 public elementary schools	20.3%	101	70.2	57.3	58.8	76.8	49.2	65.7	72.0	62.3	69.2	$12,719	$513	$12,206

Cities Near Zip Code 20190

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Reston	0.54 mi	10	189^th
Herndon	2.24 mi	16	216^th
Great Falls	2.55 mi	2	2^nd
Sterling	3.89 mi	19	262^nd
Vienna	4.19 mi	16	49^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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