Summary:
Zip code 22015 in Burke, Virginia, is served by four public schools in the Fairfax County Public Schools district: three elementary schools — White Oaks Elementary, Terra Centre Elementary, and Cherry Run Elementary — serving grades PK–6, plus Lake Braddock Secondary serving grades 7–12. The schools enroll a combined 6,185 students, with Lake Braddock accounting for roughly 71% of that total, making it the dominant school in the area.
Among the elementary schools, Cherry Run Elementary stands out as the highest performer. It is a 5-star school ranked 86th of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools, with the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (7.9%), lowest chronic absenteeism (6.7%), lowest student–teacher ratio (11.8:1), and highest per-student spending ($14,859) in the zip code. Terra Centre Elementary is also 5-star and is moving up fast, improving from 201st to 103rd in the state rankings in three years, with elite 3rd-grade math (96.25% proficient) and reading (92.41%). White Oaks Elementary is a reliable 4-star school ranked 195th, with its strongest scores in reading. Lake Braddock Secondary, the only secondary school, is ranked 57th among Virginia high schools and posts a 98.5% graduation rate with just a 0.8% dropout rate.
Taken together, this is a high-performing cluster: every school holds a 4- or 5-star rating and ranks at or above the 82nd percentile within its school type. One notable pattern at Lake Braddock is the contrast in math outcomes — advanced courses are exceptional (100% proficiency in 7th-grade Algebra I and 8th-grade Geometry), while grade-level math proficiency is much lower (43.96% in 8th-grade Mathematics). Attendance is strong at the elementary level, with chronic absenteeism between 6.7% and 8.7%, but reaches 14.0% at Lake Braddock, slightly above the district average. Per-student spending also varies widely within the same district, from $10,578 at Lake Braddock to $14,859 at Cherry Run. Overall, families in 22015 have access to strong schools, with Cherry Run and Terra Centre leading the elementary options and Lake Braddock providing excellent secondary outcomes.
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