The Fairfax Rosenwald School was torn down in 1952 and replaced by Eleven Oaks Elementary a year later.  The new structure faced the old Rosenwald School site.  Eleven Oaks officially opened on September 8, 1953. [1] 

According to Jim Crow law, the elementary school had to serve Black students only.  The building had seven classrooms and a cafeteria.  The budgeted cost of construction was $223,647. [2] Eleven Oaks sat on 6.15 acres of land and held 215 students. The institution was closed on June 6, 1966 due to desegregation laws and converted in 1972 to offices accommodating the (Area IV) superintendent, staff, and supervisors. [3]

Eleven Oaks was demolished in 2008 to make room for a road, George Mason Boulevard, which runs through the school's former site.

By Alexis Massenburg

[1] “Where were the African-American schools in Fairfax, County,” Desegregation: The Schools. Fairfax County Public Schools, Accessed July 12, 2021. https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/history/records/desegregation/schools#eleven-oaks

[2] William Johnson, “African American Education in the Town/City of Fairfax., The Fare Facs Gazette. (2006). http://www.historicfairfax.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HFCI41-2006.pdf

[3] “Where were the African-American schools in Fairfax, County,” Desegregation: The Schools. Fairfax County Public Schools, Accessed July 12, 2021. https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/history/records/desegregation/schools#eleven-oaks