Glebe Elementary

Located at 1770 N. Glebe Road, in Arlington, Virginia, Glebe Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that enrolls 574 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Arlington County Public Schools.

Within Arlington County Public Schools, which oversees 36 schools and 27,950 students, Glebe Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glebe Elementary logs that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Glebe Elementary reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Arlington County's rate of about 31%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glebe Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.9%, the actual is 92.8%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Arlington County shows median household income runs about $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Arlington County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), Glebe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Integration Station, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Glebe Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 83.0%.

Glebe Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.