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What's one thing Guilford Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000918
Guilford Elementary
600 W Poplar Rd, Sterling, VA 20164 · (571) 434-4550 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
501 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
32%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
37.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
38.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Guilford Elementary
Guilford Elementary's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Elementary this school | 504 | 99.4% | 37.5% |
| Sully Elementary Sterling | 476 | 99.4% | 42.6% |
| Lynbrook Elementary Springfield | 595 | 93.4% | 37.3% |
| Graham Road Elementary Falls Church | 438 | 92.7% | 40.5% |
| Bailey's Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Falls Church | 539 | 87.6% | 46.7% |
| Forest Grove Elementary Sterling | 529 | 99.4% | 59.5% |
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 Guilford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,075 of 1,101 | #58 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,090 of 1,111 ▲ 11 | #59 of 59 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,096 of 1,111 ▲ 3 | #59 of 59 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #571 of 1,176 | #43 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #10 of 1,105 | #2 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #971 of 1,106 | #55 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #162 of 1,157 | #4 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #289 of 759 | #24 of 46 |
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
504
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 504 | 54.1 | 9.3:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 51 | 10.6:1 | 84% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 50.3 | 10.8:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 49 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 78% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 77% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 68% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 16% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 27 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guilford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (595 to 504); teachers up 23% (44 to 54.1).
About Guilford Elementary
Guilford Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Sterling. It reports enrollment of 504 students in pre-K through 5.
Guilford Elementary is among 98 schools run by Loudoun County Public Schools, which serves 81,486 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Guilford Elementary is Hispanic, at 82%. The rest of enrollment is 7% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% White. Among all residents of Loudoun County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. The diversity index for Guilford Elementary is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 54.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Guilford Elementary, giving a ratio of 9.3:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 4.5 more students per teacher than here. A total of 501 students, or 99%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Guilford Elementary scores 23.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.5%; the prediction is 61.0%.
Census data for Loudoun County show 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 has 103 public schools and about 81,486 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Sterling Middle, is the closest to Guilford Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.5% proficiency; Guilford Elementary posts 37.5%.
The NCES locale for Guilford Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 504, down from 551 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 9.3 students per teacher, compared with 11.2 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Guilford Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Sterling
- Dominion HighCombined · 1,453 students
- Park View HighHigh · 1,409 students
- River Bend MiddleMiddle · 1,137 students
- Sterling MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Seneca Ridge MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Elaine E. Thompson ElementaryElementary · 756 students
Other Guilford Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Guilford Elementary. Guilford Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Guilford ElementaryGreensboro, NC · 623 students
- Guilford ElementaryColumbia, MD · 437 students
- Guilford ElementaryPlainfield, IN · 434 students
- GUILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGUILFORD, NY · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Sterling Middle0.5 mi · 967
- Sterling Elementary0.9 mi · 430
- Sully Elementary1.0 mi · 476
- Forest Grove Elementary1.1 mi · 529
- Park View High1.3 mi · 1,409
- Dranesville Elementary1.6 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Guilford ElementaryHow many students attend Guilford Elementary?
Guilford Elementary enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Guilford Elementary serve?
Guilford Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Guilford Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Guilford Elementary is approximately 9.3:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Guilford Elementary?
Student demographics at Guilford Elementary are roughly 4% White, 82% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Guilford Elementary?
Guilford Elementary is overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools in Loudoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.