Ashlawn Elementary

Ashlawn Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Arlington, Virginia, run under Arlington County Public Schools, works with 553 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 36 schools in Arlington County Public Schools (27,950 students total), Ashlawn Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ashlawn Elementary records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Ashlawn Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.8%, the actual is 85.5%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Arlington County indicate median household income runs about $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arlington County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), of which Ashlawn Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kenmore Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ashlawn Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 72.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 689 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 17% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.