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A nurturing, academically advanced Christian education featuring small class sizes and a time-tested, traditional curriculum with advanced STEM.

Discover the Fairfax Christian Distinction

  • 🏆 The Region’s Top Ranking: Proudly recognized as the #1 Private K–12 School in Loudoun County by Niche.com, celebrating an uncompromising legacy of academic excellence.

  • 👶 Early Scholarly Entry: We give young minds a head start. Our accelerated curriculum is designed to accept student enrollment for children who turn four years old by December 31.

  • 📍 Premier Dulles Location: Our state-of-the-art campus is strategically positioned directly off Route 28, offering an efficient, central commute for families across Loudoun and Fairfax Counties.

  • 📈 Personalized Mastery Learning: We reject crowded classrooms. Our small class sizes ensure your child receives individualized attention tailored to their distinct learning pace.

  • 💎 Affordable Elite Education: We believe high-end academic placement should be accessible. Partial scholarships and targeted tuition assistance packages are actively available for qualifying families.

Phonics-Based Literacy

Systematic Phonics & Fluent Reading. Utilizing a time-tested, systematic phonics curriculum, Fairfax Christian students learn to read fluently in kindergarten. Our intentional low student-to-teacher ratio ensures that lower schoolers read aloud to their instructor every single day, building exceptional baseline habits in reading comprehension, grammar, and expressive speech.

Mastery Mathematics

Accelerated Quantitative Reasoning. Our curriculum uses a mastery-based approach with hands-on conceptual tools to teach advanced spatial and mathematical logic early. This rigorous foundation allows elementary students to absorb complex arithmetic years ahead of public school standards, perfectly prepping them for advanced STEM tracks in our middle and high schools.

Enriched Curriculum

Elite Enrichment & Focused Academics. We never substitute passive screen time for intellectual depth. We protect and elevate a traditional, paper-and-pen baseline while offering unmatched global exposure: students begin French in four-year-old kindergarten, launch into Latin in 3rd grade, and take our signature Economics curriculum in 4th grade—an academic advantage unique to our school.

English Language & Literacy

  • K4 & Kindergarten Foundations: Systematic, phonics-based early reading, vocabulary development, and daily read-aloud sessions to establish complete reading fluency before first grade.

  • 1st – 4th Grade Acceleration: Advanced literature comprehension, formal sentence and paragraph composition, rigorous grammar foundations, and structured speech and public speaking training to build exceptional communication skills.

World & Classical Languages

  • K4 & Kindergarten Foundations: Conversational French language immersion introduced early through interactive storytelling, songs, and vocabulary play.

  • 1st – 4th Grade Acceleration: Continued comprehensive French instruction, paired with the formal introduction of Latin starting in the 3rd grade to boost English vocabulary and analytical thinking.

Mathematics & Quantitative Logic

  • K4 & Kindergarten Foundations: Foundational counting, number recognition, and spatial logic puzzles to build early mathematical confidence.

  • 1st – 4th Grade Acceleration: High-velocity, mastery-based mathematics that teaches advanced arithmetic and problem-solving, prepping students years ahead for upper-level STEM tracks.

Hands-On Innovation

  • K4 & Kindergarten Foundations: Introduction to basic fine motor coordination and guided digital tools used purposefully under strict teacher oversight.

  • 1st – 4th Grade Acceleration: Hands-on digital literacy. All lower school students have active access to the school's dedicated computer lab and utilize 3-D printers directly within lower school classrooms for innovative engineering and design projects.

Signature Specialized Studies

  • K4 & Kindergarten Foundations: Early exposure to music, art, physical education, and safe, joyful classroom socialization.

  • 1st – 4th Grade Acceleration: Advanced science lab access, character-building daily Bible class, and our proprietary Economics curriculum introduced as a signature course exclusively for 4th graders.

“The foundational reading and math programs gave our child an incredible academic head start. Fairfax Christian offers a uniquely safe, structured, and nurturing Christian environment where young students truly thrive.”

— Lower School Parent

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Regular school hours run from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Extended care is available starting at 7:00 AM and runs as late as 6:00 PM.

  • Yes. Our lower school students wear a traditional school uniform. This fosters a focused learning environment, simplifies morning routines for families, and ensures our students look polished and professional.

  • Absolutely. In addition to extended care, we offer a variety of after-school clubs like Chess Club, activities like golf and ballet, and extracurricular world language options including Spanish, and Chinese.

The Fairfax Christian School
22870 Pacific Boulevard
Dulles, Virginia 20166
☎ 703-759-5100

Founded in 1961, the Fairfax Christian School is an award-winning, independent university-prep school serving four-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade.

Proudly serving families across Loudoun County, Fairfax County, and the greater Northern Virginia area. Conveniently located near the intersection of Route 28 and Old Ox Road.

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