diff --git a/vortex-array/src/compute/filter.rs b/vortex-array/src/compute/filter.rs
index 61738210bf..5389e631dd 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/compute/filter.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/compute/filter.rs
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ impl FilterMask {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.len == 0
+        self.0.true_count == 0
     }
 
     /// Get the true count of the mask.
diff --git a/vortex-scan/src/lib.rs b/vortex-scan/src/lib.rs
index 5652b825ec..ad55107cb3 100644
--- a/vortex-scan/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-scan/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ impl Scanner {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Returns the filter expression, if any.
-    pub fn filter(&self) -> &[ExprRef] {
-        self.filter.as_ref()
-    }
-
     /// Returns the projection expression.
     pub fn projection(&self) -> &ExprRef {
         &self.projection
diff --git a/vortex-scan/src/range_scan.rs b/vortex-scan/src/range_scan.rs
index c778815a91..131b5459f7 100644
--- a/vortex-scan/src/range_scan.rs
+++ b/vortex-scan/src/range_scan.rs
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ pub struct RangeScanner {
     row_range: Range<u64>,
     mask: FilterMask,
     state: State,
-    remaining_filter_conjuncts: Vec<ExprRef>,
 }
 
 enum State {
     // First we run the filter expression over the full row range.
-    FilterEval((FilterMask, ExprRef)),
+    FilterEval((FilterMask, ExprRef, Vec<ExprRef>)),
     // Then we project the selected rows.
     Project((FilterMask, ExprRef)),
     // And then we're done.
@@ -59,28 +58,27 @@ pub enum NextOp {
 // `evaluate(row_mask, expr)` API.
 impl RangeScanner {
     pub(crate) fn new(scan: Arc<Scanner>, row_offset: u64, mask: FilterMask) -> Self {
-        let first_filter = scan.filter.first().cloned();
-        let remaining_filter_conjuncts = scan.filter().iter().skip(1).cloned().collect();
-        let state = first_filter
-            .map(|filter| {
-                // If we have a filter expression, then for now we evaluate it against all rows
-                // of the range.
-                // TODO(ngates): we should decide based on mask.true_count() whether to include the
-                //  current mask or not. But note that the resulting expression would need to be
-                //  aligned and intersected with the given mask.
-                State::FilterEval((FilterMask::new_true(mask.len()), filter))
-            })
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                // If there is no filter expression, then we immediately perform a mask + project.
-                State::Project((mask.clone(), scan.projection().clone()))
-            });
+        let state = if let Some(conjunct) = scan.filter.first() {
+            // If we have a filter expression, then for now we evaluate it against all rows
+            // of the range.
+            // TODO(ngates): we should decide based on mask.true_count() whether to include the
+            //  current mask or not. But note that the resulting expression would need to be
+            //  aligned and intersected with the given mask.
+            State::FilterEval((
+                FilterMask::new_true(mask.len()),
+                conjunct.clone(),
+                scan.filter.iter().skip(1).cloned().collect(),
+            ))
+        } else {
+            // If there is no filter expression, then we immediately perform a mask + project.
+            State::Project((mask.clone(), scan.projection().clone()))
+        };
 
         Self {
             scan,
             row_range: row_offset..row_offset + mask.len() as u64,
             mask,
             state,
-            remaining_filter_conjuncts,
         }
     }
 
@@ -91,8 +89,8 @@ impl RangeScanner {
     //  forces the eager evaluation of the iterators.
     fn next(&self) -> NextOp {
         match &self.state {
-            State::FilterEval((mask, expr)) => {
-                NextOp::Eval((self.row_range.clone(), mask.clone(), expr.clone()))
+            State::FilterEval((mask, conjunct, _)) => {
+                NextOp::Eval((self.row_range.clone(), mask.clone(), conjunct.clone()))
             }
             State::Project((mask, expr)) => {
                 NextOp::Eval((self.row_range.clone(), mask.clone(), expr.clone()))
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ impl RangeScanner {
     /// Post the result of the last expression evaluation back to the range scan.
     fn post(&mut self, result: ArrayData) -> VortexResult<()> {
         match &self.state {
-            State::FilterEval(_) => {
+            State::FilterEval((_, _, rest)) => {
                 // Intersect the result of the filter expression with our initial row mask.
                 let mask = FilterMask::from_buffer(result.into_bool()?.boolean_buffer());
                 let mask = self.mask.bitand(&mask);
@@ -113,15 +111,21 @@ impl RangeScanner {
                     // If the mask is empty, then we're done.
                     self.state =
                         State::Ready(Canonical::empty(self.scan.result_dtype())?.into_array());
-                } else if self.remaining_filter_conjuncts.is_empty() {
-                    self.state = State::Project((mask, self.scan.projection().clone()))
-                } else {
+                } else if let Some(conj) = rest.first() {
                     self.mask = mask;
+                    let mask = if self.mask.selectivity() < 0.4 {
+                        self.mask.clone()
+                    } else {
+                        FilterMask::new_true(self.mask.len())
+                    };
                     // If there are many conjuncts apply each one in turn, over the whole array and stop if any make the mask empty.
                     self.state = State::FilterEval((
-                        FilterMask::new_true(self.mask.len()),
-                        self.remaining_filter_conjuncts.remove(0),
+                        mask,
+                        conj.clone(),
+                        rest.iter().skip(1).cloned().collect(),
                     ))
+                } else {
+                    self.state = State::Project((mask, self.scan.projection().clone()))
                 }
             }
             State::Project(_) => {