Cardinal Ridge Elementary

Cardinal Ridge Elementary, a roomy elementary campus in Centreville, Virginia, one of the schools within Loudoun County Public Schools, educates 834 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 499.

Across the 98 schools in Loudoun County Public Schools (81,486 students total), Cardinal Ridge Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cardinal Ridge Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% White, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cardinal Ridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) logs that median household earnings sit near $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cardinal Ridge Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

The closest other public school is J. Michael Lunsford Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cardinal Ridge Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cardinal Ridge Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 85.1%.

Cardinal Ridge Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cardinal Ridge Elementary's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 977 (now 834). The White share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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