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What tradition at Countryside Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002413
Countryside Elementary
20624 Countryside Blvd., Sterling, VA 20165 · (571) 434-3250 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
333 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
73%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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Countryside Elementary
Countryside Elementary's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside Elementary this school | 648 | 51.4% | 72.0% |
| Belvedere Elementary Falls Church | 606 | 56.1% | 78.7% |
| Lake Anne Elementary Reston | 616 | 49.4% | 56.0% |
| Abingdon Elementary Arlington | 768 | 57.6% | 60.9% |
| Bull Run Elementary Centreville | 766 | 48.0% | 67.8% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Leesburg | 581 | 55.4% | 66.8% |
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 Countryside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #528 of 1,101 | #45 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #653 of 1,111 ▼ 92 | #46 of 59 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #772 of 1,111 ▼ 196 | #49 of 59 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #271 of 1,176 | #21 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #92 of 1,105 | #14 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #115 of 1,106 | #4 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #790 of 1,157 | #11 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #316 of 759 | #28 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
648
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 648 | 57.4 | 11.3:1 | 51% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 45% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 50.5 | 12.6:1 | 40% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 40.8 | 18.5:1 | 30% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 30% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 28% (186) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Countryside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (755 to 648); teachers up 41% (40.8 to 57.4).
About Countryside Elementary
Countryside Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Sterling, Virginia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 648 students. It has 30% more students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
The district, Loudoun County Public Schools, operates 98 schools serving 81,486 students.
White students make up 36% of enrollment at Countryside Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Loudoun County's population at about 53%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
The school had 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. The school reported 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County is 23 points lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, Countryside Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.0%; the prediction is 74.1%.
In Loudoun County, home to about 432,998 people, median household income comes to about $181,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 103 public schools in the county, enrolling about 81,486, Countryside Elementary among them.
Countryside Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Algonkian Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Countryside Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Countryside Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 664 students in 2020-21 and 648 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 11.3 students per teacher, compared with 17.0 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 Sterling
- Dominion HighCombined · 1,453 students
- Park View HighHigh · 1,409 students
- River Bend MiddleMiddle · 1,137 students
- Sterling MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Seneca Ridge MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Elaine E. Thompson ElementaryElementary · 756 students
Other Countryside Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Countryside Elementary. Countryside Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYEDINA, MN · 665 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolSurprise, AZ · 590 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolBYRON CENTER, MI · 426 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolBarrington, IL · 375 students
- Countryside ElementaryOlathe, KS · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Algonkian Elementary1.0 mi · 457
- Potowmack Elementary1.1 mi · 568
- River Bend Middle1.1 mi · 1,137
- Potomac Falls High1.4 mi · 1,662
- Horizon Elementary1.5 mi · 510
- Sugarland Elementary1.7 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Countryside ElementaryHow large is Countryside Elementary?
Countryside Elementary enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
Is Countryside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Countryside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Countryside Elementary?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Countryside Elementary.
How diverse is Countryside Elementary?
Countryside Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Countryside Elementary?
Countryside 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.