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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000917
Emerick Elementary
440 S Nursery Ave, Purcellville, VA 20132 · (540) 571-2440 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
52 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
43%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
93.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
90.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Emerick Elementary
Emerick Elementary's state test result (90.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerick Elementary this school | 416 | 12.5% | 90.5% |
| Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary Hamilton | 417 | 10.1% | 84.8% |
| Greenville Elementary Nokesville | 449 | 11.6% | 81.8% |
| P.B. Smith Elementary Warrenton | 440 | 12.7% | 82.0% |
| Butts Road Primary Chesapeake | 498 | 12.7% | N/A |
| Round Hill Elementary Round Hill | 521 | 10.4% | 83.0% |
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 Emerick Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #46 of 1,101 | #3 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #67 of 1,111 ▲ 61 | #5 of 59 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #31 of 1,111 ▲ 31 | #1 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #773 of 1,176 | #53 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #363 of 1,105 | #42 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #875 of 1,106 | #51 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #1,095 of 1,157 | #49 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #329 of 759 | #29 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
416
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 416 | 31.8 | 13.1:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 30.5 | 13.7:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 30.5 | 13.3:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 7% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerick Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (482 to 416); teachers up 6% (30 to 31.8).
About Emerick Elementary
Emerick Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Purcellville, Virginia. The school serves 416 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Emerick Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools, where 98 schools serve 81,486 students.
By race and ethnicity, Emerick Elementary is 74% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 53% White among all Loudoun County residents. By the diversity index, Emerick Elementary comes in at 43%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.1:1, with 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Emerick Elementary is 13%. On average, public schools in Loudoun County report 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Emerick Elementary is A. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Emerick Elementary is 5.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (90.5% versus 84.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Across Loudoun County, median household income is about $181,765, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The public schools of Loudoun County number 103 and enroll about 81,486.
Of nearby public schools, Blue Ridge Middle is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 90.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Emerick Elementary went from 374 students to 416. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.6:1 to 13.1:1.
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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 Purcellville
- Woodgrove HighCombined · 1,562 students
- Loudoun Valley HighHigh · 1,149 students
- Blue Ridge MiddleMiddle · 714 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro Charter AcademyElementary · 144 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Ridge Middle0.6 mi · 714
- Loudoun Valley High1.1 mi · 1,149
- Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 91
- Woodgrove High1.7 mi · 1,562
- Harmony Middle1.9 mi · 1,115
- Mountain View Elementary1.9 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Emerick ElementaryHow large is Emerick Elementary?
Emerick Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is Emerick Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emerick Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Emerick Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Emerick Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emerick Elementary?
At Emerick Elementary, the student body is approximately 74% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Emerick Elementary?
Emerick 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.