Frederick Douglass Elementary

Frederick Douglass Elementary, an average-sized primary school in Leesburg, Virginia, one of the schools within Loudoun County Public Schools, serves 581 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Loudoun County Public Schools comprises 98 schools with combined enrollment of 81,486 students; Frederick Douglass Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Frederick Douglass Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 16% Asian, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Frederick Douglass Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Frederick Douglass Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Loudoun County shows the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Frederick Douglass Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

Leesburg Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frederick Douglass Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frederick Douglass Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frederick Douglass Elementary has ticked down 19%, going from 717 students in 2018 to 581 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 29% to 42%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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