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If you could change one rule at Goshen Post Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
851
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225003046
Goshen Post Elementary
24945 Lobo Drive, Aldie, VA 20105 · (571) 367-4030 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
79 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
89.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Goshen Post Elementary
Goshen Post Elementary's state test result (89.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Post Elementary this school | 851 | 9.3% | 89.6% |
| Cardinal Ridge Elementary Centreville | 834 | 18.9% | 85.1% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
| Creighton's Corner Elementary Ashburn | 824 | 19.9% | 83.4% |
| Rosa Lee Carter Elementary Ashburn | 792 | 13.6% | 87.1% |
| Floris Elementary Herndon | 666 | 11.9% | 85.0% |
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 Goshen Post Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.6% | #65 of 1,101 | #7 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #118 of 1,111 ▼ 36 | #10 of 59 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #125 of 1,111 ▲ 3 | #8 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #53 of 1,176 | #3 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #304 of 1,105 | #38 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #487 of 1,106 | #40 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #1,123 of 1,157 | #56 of 59 |
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
851
-442 (-34%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 851 | 66.6 | 12.8:1 | 9% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 976 | 69.7 | 14.0:1 | 8% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 8% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 1,293 | 62 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goshen Post Elementary.
About Goshen Post Elementary
Goshen Post Elementary is a large elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Aldie. It has an enrollment of 851 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Virginia enroll around 499, and this school is 71% bigger than that mark.
Loudoun County Public Schools has 98 schools and 81,486 students, and Goshen Post Elementary is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Goshen Post Elementary are Asian (55%). The next largest groups are 23% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Loudoun County overall, about 22% of residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Classroom staffing at Goshen Post Elementary totals 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Goshen Post Elementary is about 9%. On average, public schools in Loudoun County report 28%.
Goshen Post Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (89.6%) and its predicted rate (85.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
In the surrounding county, Loudoun County, median household income comes to about $181,765, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 103, with about 81,486 students.
The closest school to Goshen Post Elementary is John Champe High, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Goshen Post Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Goshen Post Elementary is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 1,293 students in 2020-21 to 851 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.9:1 to 12.8:1.
This page is set up for the Goshen Post Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Loudoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
432,998
Census ACS
Median income
$181,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
81,486 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loudoun County Public Schools
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
Other schools in Aldie
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 1,684 students
- Mercer MiddleMiddle · 1,459 students
- Hovatter ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Henrietta Lacks ElementaryElementary · 780 students
Nearby schools
- John Champe High0.4 mi · 1,851
- Hovatter Elementary0.8 mi · 810
- Arcola Elementary0.8 mi · 748
- Henrietta Lacks Elementary0.8 mi · 780
- Lightridge High1.0 mi · 2,030
- Mercer Middle1.1 mi · 1,459
Frequently asked questions
About Goshen Post ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Goshen Post Elementary?
Goshen Post Elementary enrolls approximately 851 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Goshen Post Elementary serve?
Goshen Post Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Goshen Post Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Goshen Post Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Goshen Post Elementary?
Student demographics at Goshen Post Elementary are roughly 23% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 55% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Goshen Post Elementary in?
Goshen Post Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.