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How has Belmont Station Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002449
Belmont Station Elementary
20235 Nightwatch St., Ashburn, VA 20147 · (571) 252-2240 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
119 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
69%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
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Belmont Station Elementary
Belmont Station Elementary's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Station Elementary this school | 605 | 19.7% | 83.5% |
| Glenkirk Elementary Gainesville | 554 | 18.2% | 89.8% |
| Ashburn Elementary Ashburn | 513 | 23.2% | 86.9% |
| Cub Run Elementary Centreville | 620 | 23.9% | 74.5% |
| Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Reston | 726 | 22.9% | 84.5% |
| Archer Elementary Vienna | 543 | 14.0% | 86.8% |
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 Belmont Station Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #215 of 1,101 | #22 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #255 of 1,111 ▼ 126 | #27 of 59 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #306 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #32 of 59 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #353 of 1,176 | #27 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #245 of 1,105 | #31 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #261 of 1,106 | #18 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,031 of 1,157 | #35 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #293 of 759 | #25 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
605
-137 (-18%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 605 | 48.6 | 12.4:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 51.1 | 12.6:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 53.3 | 13.3:1 | 15% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 48 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 44.1 | 16.2:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 39 | 20.3:1 | 7% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Station Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (713 to 605); teachers up 10% (44.1 to 48.6).
About Belmont Station Elementary
Belmont Station Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Ashburn, Virginia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 605 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 21% larger than that.
Belmont Station Elementary reports to Loudoun County Public Schools, which has 98 schools and 81,486 students.
At Belmont Station Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. The school is also 23% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. Belmont Station Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.4 students per teacher and 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Loudoun County.
Belmont Station Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Belmont Station Elementary scores 83.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 82.8%.
Among Loudoun County residents, the median household income is $181,765, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides Belmont Station Elementary, Loudoun County has 102 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Newton-Lee Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Belmont Station Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 605 students in 2024-25, 137 fewer than the 742 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Ashburn
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- Stone Bridge HighHigh · 1,629 students
- Rock Ridge HighCombined · 1,599 students
- Broad Run HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Eagle Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,258 students
Nearby schools
- Newton-Lee Elementary0.5 mi · 505
- Trailside Middle0.5 mi · 1,131
- Stone Bridge High0.6 mi · 1,629
- Sanders Corner Elementary1.4 mi · 503
- Cedar Lane Elementary1.7 mi · 701
- Ashburn Elementary1.9 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont Station ElementaryHow large is Belmont Station Elementary?
Belmont Station Elementary enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belmont Station Elementary serve?
Belmont Station Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Belmont Station Elementary have?
Belmont Station Elementary employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Belmont Station Elementary?
Student demographics at Belmont Station Elementary are roughly 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 23% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Belmont Station Elementary public or private?
Belmont Station 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.