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Alumni: what's one memory from Catoctin Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000914
Catoctin Elementary
311 Catoctin Circle SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 · (571) 252-2940 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
165 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
54%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
73.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Catoctin Elementary
Catoctin Elementary's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catoctin Elementary this school | 601 | 27.5% | 77.1% |
| Armel Elementary Winchester | 589 | 29.0% | 68.3% |
| Ashlawn Elementary Arlington | 553 | 23.3% | 85.5% |
| D.G. Cooley Elementary Berryville | 504 | 31.3% | 67.8% |
| Brock Road Elementary Spotsylvania | 651 | 33.0% | 78.3% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Manassas | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
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 Catoctin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #392 of 1,101 | #41 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #432 of 1,111 ▲ 2 | #41 of 59 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #508 of 1,111 ▼ 82 | #43 of 59 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #357 of 1,176 | #28 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #211 of 1,105 | #26 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #688 of 1,106 | #46 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #959 of 1,157 | #24 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #419 of 759 | #34 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
601
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 601 | 49.1 | 12.2:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 48.5 | 12.2:1 | 24% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 45.8 | 13.1:1 | 31% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 37.7 | 17.9:1 | 22% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 20% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 40% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 13% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 31 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catoctin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (674 to 601); teachers up 30% (37.7 to 49.1).
About Catoctin Elementary
Catoctin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Leesburg, Virginia, under Loudoun County Public Schools. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 601 students. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Catoctin Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools, where 98 schools serve 81,486 students.
About 63% of the student body at Catoctin Elementary is White. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Loudoun County residents are about 53% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Catoctin Elementary are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Catoctin Elementary totals 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Catoctin Elementary is about 27%. That is in line with the 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County.
Catoctin Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Catoctin Elementary is 3.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 77.1% actual, 80.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
American Community Survey estimates for Loudoun County show that the median household earns about $181,765 a year, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Loudoun County, 103 public schools serve about 81,486 students.
Loudoun County High is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Catoctin Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Catoctin Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (587) to 2024-25 (601). By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
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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
- Loudoun County High0.3 mi · 1,334
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.2 mi · 581
- Evergreen Mill Elementary1.3 mi · 569
- J. Lupton Simpson Middle1.3 mi · 874
- Leesburg Elementary1.6 mi · 428
- Heritage High1.8 mi · 1,475
Frequently asked questions
About Catoctin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Catoctin Elementary?
Catoctin Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Catoctin Elementary serve?
Catoctin Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Catoctin Elementary?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Catoctin Elementary.
How diverse is Catoctin Elementary?
Catoctin Elementary reports a student body of 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Catoctin Elementary?
Catoctin Elementary is overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools in Loudoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.