Elaine E. Thompson Elementary

Elaine E. Thompson Elementary is an expansive elementary-level community in Sterling, Virginia, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools. The school caters to 756 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Elaine E. Thompson Elementary sits 52% larger than that benchmark.

Within Loudoun County Public Schools, which oversees 98 schools and 81,486 students, Elaine E. Thompson Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Elaine E. Thompson Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% White, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Loudoun County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Elaine E. Thompson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Loudoun County put median household income runs about $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. Across Loudoun County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), Elaine E. Thompson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Creighton's Corner Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Elaine E. Thompson Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 85.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

On this page, members of the Elaine E. Thompson Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.