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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000104
Arlington Traditional
1030 N. MCKINLEY ROAD, Arlington, VA 22205 · (703) 228-6290 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
220 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
96.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 97.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 99.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 79% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Arlington Traditional
Arlington Traditional's state test result (93.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Traditional this school | 624 | 35.3% | 93.9% |
| Pennington Traditional Manassas | 651 | 31.8% | 92.9% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Buckland Mills Elementary Gainesville | 735 | 30.2% | 82.3% |
| Salem Elementary Virginia Beach | 541 | 33.8% | 82.0% |
| Hutchison Farm Elementary South Riding | 672 | 30.5% | 82.5% |
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 Arlington Traditional ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.9% | #14 of 1,101 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #9 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #3 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #15 of 1,111 ▼ 7 | #3 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #312 of 1,176 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #625 of 1,105 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #32 of 1,106 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #895 of 1,157 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #67 of 324 | N/A |
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
624
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+123% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 624 | 43.8 | 14.3:1 | 35% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 37.8 | 17.5:1 | 37% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 48.3 | 13.8:1 | 35% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 33 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 26% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 16 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arlington Traditional.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (540 to 624); teachers up 46% (30 to 43.8).
About Arlington Traditional
A mid-sized elementary school in Arlington, Virginia, Arlington Traditional is part of Arlington County Public Schools. Total enrollment is 624 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Arlington County Public Schools counts 36 schools and 27,950 students, including Arlington Traditional.
No group is above 50% at Arlington Traditional; the largest is White, at 32%. Other reported shares: 28% Asian, 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Arlington County's residents are about 60% White, 28 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
There are about 14.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Arlington Traditional, which has 43.8. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 35%.
On the allk12 Grade, Arlington Traditional lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Arlington Traditional beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 15.4 points (93.9% versus 78.5%), a top-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Arlington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $142,114 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 77%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,950, Arlington Traditional among them.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Swanson Middle, is the closest to Arlington Traditional. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 72.9%, lower than Arlington Traditional's 93.9%.
NCES describes the area around Arlington Traditional as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Arlington Traditional enrolled 615; in 2024-25, 624. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.6:1 in 2020-21, and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Nearby schools
- Swanson Middle0.5 mi · 993
- Cardinal Elementary0.6 mi · 682
- Ashlawn Elementary0.7 mi · 553
- Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences0.8 mi · 539
- Jessie Thackrey Preschool1.0 mi · 73
- Tuckahoe Elementary1.2 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Arlington TraditionalWhat is the total enrollment at Arlington Traditional?
Arlington Traditional enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-05.
Is Arlington Traditional an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arlington Traditional is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Arlington Traditional have?
Arlington Traditional employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Arlington Traditional?
Arlington Traditional reports a student body of 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 19% Black, 28% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Arlington Traditional public or private?
Arlington Traditional is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arlington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.