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Ball's Bluff Elementary
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ball's Bluff Elementary
Located at 821 Battlefield Pkwy NE, in Leesburg, Virginia, Ball's Bluff Elementary is an average-sized primary school that teaches 465 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Loudoun County Public Schools.
Across the 98 schools in Loudoun County Public Schools (81,486 students total), Ball's Bluff Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Ball's Bluff Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Ball's Bluff Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Ball's Bluff Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ball's Bluff Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.5%, the actual is 77.5%, a residual of -1.0 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Ball's Bluff Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).
The closest other public school is Leesburg Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ball's Bluff Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 73.8%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Five-year trend. Ball's Bluff Elementary's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 465). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 23% to 28%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.
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