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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225001143
Ball's Bluff Elementary
821 Battlefield Pkwy NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2880 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
164 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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
68%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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Ball's Bluff Elementary
Ball's Bluff Elementary's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball's Bluff Elementary this school | 465 | 35.3% | 77.5% |
| Long Branch Elementary Arlington | 442 | 33.7% | 72.1% |
| Evergreen Mill Elementary Leesburg | 569 | 33.7% | 79.6% |
| Deer Park Elementary Centreville | 522 | 37.9% | 71.2% |
| Old Bridge Elementary Woodbridge | 505 | 39.2% | 84.8% |
| Cunningham Park Elementary Vienna | 412 | 35.0% | 69.5% |
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 Ball's Bluff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #378 of 1,101 | #40 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #536 of 1,111 ▼ 101 | #43 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #484 of 1,111 ▼ 28 | #42 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #665 of 1,176 | #47 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #156 of 1,105 | #23 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #302 of 1,106 | #21 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #894 of 1,157 | #17 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #79 of 759 | #9 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
465
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 465 | 39.3 | 11.8:1 | 35% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 34.6 | 13.5:1 | 31% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 37.5 | 12.4:1 | 30% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 23% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 27% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | 39 | 21.8:1 | 36% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 20% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ball's Bluff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (628 to 465); teachers up 9% (36 to 39.3).
About Ball's Bluff Elementary
Students in Leesburg, Virginia, attend Ball's Bluff Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 465 students.
Loudoun County Public Schools serves 81,486 students across 98 schools.
At Ball's Bluff Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Ball's Bluff Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Ball's Bluff Elementary is 1.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In Loudoun County, the median household earns about $181,765 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Loudoun County has 103 public schools with about 81,486 students, including Ball's Bluff Elementary.
Ball's Bluff Elementary's nearest public school is Leesburg Elementary (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ball's Bluff Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Ball's Bluff Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.8:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
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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 Leesburg
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
- Heritage HighCombined · 1,475 students
- Tuscarora HighCombined · 1,377 students
- Loudoun County HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- Smart's Mill MiddleMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Leesburg Elementary0.8 mi · 428
- Frances Hazel Reid Elementary1.0 mi · 647
- Smart's Mill Middle1.0 mi · 885
- Tuscarora High1.5 mi · 1,377
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.5 mi · 581
- John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary1.9 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Ball's Bluff ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ball's Bluff Elementary?
Ball's Bluff Elementary enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ball's Bluff Elementary serve?
Ball's Bluff Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ball's Bluff Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ball's Bluff Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ball's Bluff Elementary?
At Ball's Bluff Elementary, the student body is approximately 47% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ball's Bluff Elementary public or private?
Ball's Bluff Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.