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What's the one class at Escuela Key Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000090
Escuela Key Elementary
855 N. Edison Street, Arlington, VA 22205 · (703) 228-4210 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
161 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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Escuela Key Elementary
Escuela Key Elementary's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escuela Key Elementary this school | 572 | 28.1% | 77.4% |
| Claremont Immersion Arlington | 595 | 37.8% | 77.0% |
| Rose Hill Elementary Alexandria | 671 | 42.6% | 63.2% |
| Dranesville Elementary Herndon | 610 | 47.4% | 66.0% |
| Mount Vernon Elementary Alexandria | 933 | 41.2% | 56.8% |
| Virginia Run Elementary Centreville | 724 | 41.3% | 69.2% |
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 Escuela Key Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #381 of 1,101 | #14 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #302 of 1,111 ▲ 120 | #13 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #343 of 1,111 ▼ 85 | #12 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #419 of 1,176 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #593 of 1,105 | #16 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #597 of 1,106 | #18 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #955 of 1,157 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #127 of 759 | #6 of 19 |
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
572
-127 (-18%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
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 | 572 | 40.5 | 14.1:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 34% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 46.5 | 13.3:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 44 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 51.2 | 14.4:1 | 42% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 44% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 33% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 47% (281) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 35 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Escuela Key Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (739 to 572); teachers down 21% (51.2 to 40.5).
About Escuela Key Elementary
Escuela Key Elementary is one of the public schools in Arlington, Virginia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 572 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Arlington County Public Schools has 36 schools; together they serve 27,950 students.
Hispanic students are 56% of those enrolled at Escuela Key Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Arlington County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. Escuela Key Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 28%. Public schools in Arlington County average a similar 31%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Escuela Key Elementary, the prediction is 80.4% and the result is 77.4%.
The school is in Arlington County, where the median household earns about $142,114 a year, about 77% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Arlington County, 42 public schools serve about 27,950 students.
Escuela Key Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Arlington Community High, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Escuela Key Elementary is behind the 80.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Escuela Key Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 572, down from 699 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.9 to 14.1 over 4 years.
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Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Nearby schools
- Arlington Community High0.4 mi · 156
- Barrett Elementary0.7 mi · 500
- Washington-Liberty High0.8 mi · 3,044
- Glebe Elementary0.9 mi · 574
- Ashlawn Elementary0.9 mi · 553
- Swanson Middle0.9 mi · 993
Frequently asked questions
About Escuela Key ElementaryHow large is Escuela Key Elementary?
Escuela Key Elementary enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-05.
Is Escuela Key Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Escuela Key Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Escuela Key Elementary have?
Escuela Key Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Escuela Key Elementary?
Student demographics at Escuela Key Elementary are roughly 29% White, 56% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Escuela Key Elementary in?
Escuela Key Elementary is part of Arlington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.