Goshen Post Elementary

As a large elementary school in Aldie, Virginia, Goshen Post Elementary serves 851 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Loudoun County Public Schools. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Loudoun County Public Schools, which oversees 98 schools and 81,486 students, Goshen Post Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Goshen Post Elementary reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 23% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Loudoun County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Goshen Post Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.6%, the actual is 89.6%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) records that median household income runs about $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goshen Post Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

The closest other public school is John Champe High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goshen Post Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 83.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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