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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000082
Ashlawn Elementary
5950 N. 8th Road, Arlington, VA 22205 · (703) 228-5270 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
129 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
61%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Ashlawn Elementary
Ashlawn Elementary's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashlawn Elementary this school | 553 | 23.3% | 85.5% |
| Catoctin Elementary Leesburg | 601 | 27.5% | 77.1% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Manassas | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
| Algonkian Elementary Sterling | 457 | 27.6% | 85.8% |
| Armel Elementary Winchester | 589 | 29.0% | 68.3% |
| Clermont Elementary Alexandria | 549 | 15.1% | 86.3% |
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 Ashlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #155 of 1,101 | #10 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #214 of 1,111 ▲ 120 | #10 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #117 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #9 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #456 of 1,176 | #11 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #247 of 1,105 | #10 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #534 of 1,106 | #14 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #993 of 1,157 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #185 of 759 | #11 of 19 |
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
553
-47 (-8%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 553 | 44.3 | 12.5:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 50.3 | 10.5:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 46.3 | 11.9:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 46 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 43.5 | 15.8:1 | 19% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 17% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 19% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 18% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 22 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (689 to 553); teachers up 2% (43.5 to 44.3).
About Ashlawn Elementary
Students in Arlington, Virginia, attend Ashlawn Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 553 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Arlington County Public Schools includes 36 schools. Together they enroll 27,950 students.
About 56% of the student body at Ashlawn Elementary is White. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Ashlawn Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1, with 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ashlawn Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Virginia public elementary schools.
A school with Ashlawn Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 81.8%. Ashlawn Elementary scores 85.5%, 3.8 points above that line.
The school's county is Arlington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $142,114, 77% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,950, Ashlawn Elementary among them.
Kenmore Middle sits about 0.6 miles from Ashlawn Elementary. Ashlawn Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 72.5%, lower than Ashlawn Elementary's 85.5%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 600 (2020-21) to 553 (2024-25).
This page is set up for the Ashlawn Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Kenmore Middle0.6 mi · 1,053
- Arlington Traditional0.7 mi · 624
- Carlin Springs Elementary0.7 mi · 534
- Swanson Middle0.7 mi · 993
- Escuela Key Elementary0.9 mi · 572
- Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences1.0 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Ashlawn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ashlawn Elementary?
Ashlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ashlawn Elementary serve?
Ashlawn Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ashlawn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ashlawn Elementary is approximately 12.5:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashlawn Elementary?
At Ashlawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 56% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Ashlawn Elementary public or private?
Ashlawn Elementary 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.