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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Arcola Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
748
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002762
Arcola Elementary
41740 Tall Cedars Parkway, Aldie, VA 20105 · (703) 957-4390 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
182 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 79.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arcola Elementary
Arcola Elementary's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcola Elementary this school | 748 | 24.3% | 77.9% |
| Pinebrook Elementary Aldie | 699 | 21.9% | 86.9% |
| Moorefield Station Elementary Ashburn | 963 | 23.9% | 83.1% |
| Greenbriar West Elementary Fairfax | 630 | 20.8% | 87.5% |
| Legacy Elementary Ashburn | 627 | 16.7% | 90.5% |
| Liberty Elementary South Riding | 813 | 18.5% | 86.8% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arcola Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #368 of 1,101 | #38 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #319 of 1,111 ▲ 34 | #32 of 59 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #360 of 1,111 ▲ 157 | #37 of 59 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #136 of 1,176 | #12 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #225 of 1,105 | #30 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #171 of 1,106 | #6 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #983 of 1,157 | #27 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #84 of 759 | #10 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
748
-242 (-24%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 748 | 60.6 | 12.3:1 | 24% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 60.2 | 13.2:1 | 21% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 58.3 | 13.9:1 | 18% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 990 | 53 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,007 | 47.8 | 21.1:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 40 | 21.6:1 | 6% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 7% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arcola Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,007 to 748); teachers up 27% (47.8 to 60.6).
About Arcola Elementary
Arcola Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Aldie, Virginia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 748 students. That is 50% larger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Loudoun County Public Schools is made up of 98 schools with 81,486 students in all.
Asian students make up 43% of enrollment at Arcola Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 28% White, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In Loudoun County overall, about 22% of residents are Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Arcola Elementary, giving a ratio of 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. By family income, 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Arcola Elementary are 3.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (77.9% actual, 81.5% predicted).
In Loudoun County, home to about 432,998 people, median household income comes to about $181,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Loudoun County's 103 public schools enroll about 81,486 students and include Arcola Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Arcola Elementary is closest to John Champe High, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Arcola Elementary ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 77.9% versus an 85.3% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 990 to 748, a 24% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.7:1 to 12.3:1.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Loudoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
432,998
Census ACS
Median income
$181,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
81,486 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loudoun County Public Schools
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
Other schools in Aldie
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 1,684 students
- Mercer MiddleMiddle · 1,459 students
- Goshen Post ElementaryElementary · 851 students
- Hovatter ElementaryElementary · 810 students
Other Arcola Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Arcola Elementary. Arcola Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Arcola ElementarySilver Spring, MD · 747 students
- Arcola Elementary SchoolArcola, IL · 410 students
Nearby schools
- John Champe High0.5 mi · 1,851
- Goshen Post Elementary0.8 mi · 851
- Mercer Middle1.1 mi · 1,459
- Hovatter Elementary1.5 mi · 810
- Henrietta Lacks Elementary1.6 mi · 780
- Pinebrook Elementary1.7 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Arcola ElementaryHow many students attend Arcola Elementary?
Arcola Elementary enrolls approximately 748 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arcola Elementary serve?
Arcola Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arcola Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arcola Elementary is approximately 12.3:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arcola Elementary?
At Arcola Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 11% Black, 43% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Arcola Elementary?
Arcola Elementary is overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools in Loudoun County.
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