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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000092
Glebe Elementary
1770 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22207 · (703) 228-6280 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
88 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
64%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
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
92.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Glebe Elementary
Glebe Elementary's state test result (92.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe Elementary this school | 574 | 15.3% | 92.8% |
| Terra Centre Elementary Burke | 594 | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Clermont Elementary Alexandria | 549 | 15.1% | 86.3% |
| West Springfield Elementary Springfield | 524 | 13.4% | 87.7% |
| Sunrise Valley Elementary Reston | 558 | 15.8% | 82.8% |
| Taylor Elementary Arlington | 530 | 9.1% | 87.4% |
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 Glebe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.8% | #21 of 1,101 | #5 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #76 of 1,111 ▼ 40 | #7 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #66 of 1,111 ▼ 37 | #7 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #412 of 1,176 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #655 of 1,105 | #18 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #450 of 1,106 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.3% | #1,068 of 1,157 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #516 of 759 | #15 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
574
+63 (+12%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 574 | 39.9 | 14.4:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 38.9 | 13.9:1 | 13% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 37.8 | 14.0:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 39.9 | 15.7:1 | 18% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 38% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glebe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (625 to 574); teachers unchanged (39.9 to 39.9).
About Glebe Elementary
Located in Arlington, Virginia, Glebe Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 574 students.
Glebe Elementary falls under Arlington County Public Schools, which has 36 schools enrolling 27,950 students.
A majority of students at Glebe Elementary, 55%, are White. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 6% Black. By the diversity index, Glebe Elementary comes in at 64%.
With 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Glebe Elementary was 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 15%. Across public schools in Arlington County, the average is 31%.
On BeatsExpectations, Glebe Elementary is 8.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
Arlington County has about 236,254 residents, and median household income is about $142,114, about 77% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 42 public schools in Arlington County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,950.
The nearest public school is Integration Station, at about 0.3 miles. Glebe Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Glebe Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The number of students climbed from 511 to 574 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
- Integration Station0.3 mi · 34
- Washington-Liberty High0.7 mi · 3,044
- Dorothy Hamm Middle0.7 mi · 989
- Arlington Community High0.8 mi · 156
- Escuela Key Elementary0.9 mi · 572
- Arlington Science Focus School1.0 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Glebe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Glebe Elementary?
Glebe Elementary enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Glebe Elementary serve?
Glebe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Glebe Elementary have?
Glebe Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glebe Elementary?
At Glebe Elementary, the student body is approximately 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Glebe Elementary in?
Glebe Elementary is part of Arlington County Public Schools.
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