Guilford Elementary

Guilford Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Sterling, Virginia, run under Loudoun County Public Schools, educates 504 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Loudoun County Public Schools runs 98 schools in total, collectively educating 81,486 students. Guilford Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Guilford Elementary shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 7% Asian, 5% Black, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Guilford Elementary lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Guilford Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.0%; Guilford Elementary posts 37.5%, -23.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Loudoun County put the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Loudoun County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), of which Guilford Elementary is one.

Sterling Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Guilford Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.5%.

Guilford Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.