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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225001915
Cedar Lane Elementary
43700 Tolamac Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147 · (571) 252-2120 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
160 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (158).
Student demographics
71%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% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
85.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Cedar Lane Elementary
Cedar Lane Elementary's state test result (85.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lane Elementary this school | 701 | 22.8% | 85.9% |
| Little River Elementary South Riding | 701 | 16.7% | 85.4% |
| Belmont Station Elementary Ashburn | 605 | 19.7% | 83.5% |
| Lees Corner Elementary Fairfax | 547 | 17.6% | 85.3% |
| Short Pump Elementary Richmond | 545 | 18.5% | 84.8% |
| Buckland Mills Elementary Gainesville | 735 | 30.2% | 82.3% |
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 Cedar Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #140 of 1,101 | #14 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #253 of 1,111 ▼ 68 | #25 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #305 of 1,111 ▼ 69 | #31 of 59 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #187 of 1,176 | #14 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #219 of 1,105 | #29 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #176 of 1,106 | #7 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #1,001 of 1,157 | #30 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #378 of 759 | #31 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
701
-65 (-8%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 701 | 57 | 12.3:1 | 23% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 53.8 | 13.0:1 | 23% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 52.5 | 13.9:1 | 22% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 50 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 797 | 43.4 | 18.4:1 | 18% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 23% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 37 | 20.6:1 | 10% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 3% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (797 to 701); teachers up 31% (43.4 to 57).
About Cedar Lane Elementary
Cedar Lane Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Ashburn, Virginia. It enrolled 701 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Loudoun County Public Schools includes 98 schools. Together they enroll 81,486 students.
White students form the largest group at Cedar Lane Elementary, 43% of enrollment. Other groups make up 28% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. County-wide, 53% of Loudoun County residents are White. Cedar Lane Elementary has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.3:1, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Cedar Lane Elementary would be expected to post about 81.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.9%.
Loudoun County census figures show that median household income is about $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cedar Lane Elementary is among the 103 public schools in Loudoun County.
Nearest public school: Farmwell Station Middle, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Cedar Lane Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 82.2% on proficiency, and Cedar Lane Elementary is above that at 85.9%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 766 in 2020-21 and 701 in 2024-25, a decrease of 65 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Cedar Lane Elementary. 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
Other Cedar Lane Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cedar Lane Elementary. Cedar Lane Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Cedar Lane Elementary SchoolMiddletown, DE · 634 students
- Cedar Lane ElementaryOlivehurst, CA · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Farmwell Station Middle1.0 mi · 981
- Sanders Corner Elementary1.1 mi · 503
- Broad Run High1.1 mi · 1,558
- Ashburn Elementary1.2 mi · 513
- Stone Bridge High1.2 mi · 1,629
- Trailside Middle1.3 mi · 1,131
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Lane Elementary?
Cedar Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 701 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cedar Lane Elementary serve?
Cedar Lane Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cedar Lane Elementary have?
Cedar Lane Elementary employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar Lane Elementary are roughly 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Lane Elementary in?
Cedar Lane Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.