Schools · Reston
Reston, VA schools
21 public, charter and private schools in Reston. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Reston’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Reston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresC+Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 65%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (107)Better than 36%
High confidence. Built on 72,751 tested students and a graduating class of 14,745; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Fairfax County)61%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
14,745
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #133 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Reston
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 21 schools in Reston
Showing 1–21 of 21 schools
Dogwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 745 students
DPublicHunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesElementary · Grades PK–6 · 726 students
A-PublicLake Anne ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 616 students
CPublicTerraset ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 598 students
A-PublicSunrise Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 558 students
APublicCrossfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 513 students
APublicAldrin ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 455 students
A-PublicForest Edge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 454 students
C+PublicArmstrong ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 357 students
A-PublicAl Fatih AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 212 students
PrivateSunset Hills Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 172 students
PrivateEdlin SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 142 students
PrivateChildren's House Montessori School of RestonElementary · Grades PK–K · 34 students
PrivateChildren's House Montessori School of RestonElementary · Grades PK–K · 34 students
PrivateRussian Kids HouseElementary · Grades PK–3 · 31 students
PrivateHughes MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 1,012 students
BPublicSouth Lakes HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,434 students
C+PublicThe Keystone SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 8,873 students
PrivateAcademy of Christian EducationOther · Grades PK–9 · 311 students
PrivateIdeaventions Academy for Mathematics and ScienceOther · Grades 2–12 · 67 students
PrivateFusion Academy, RestonOther · Grades 1–12 · 27 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.