Hamilton Elementary

Hamilton Elementary operates as a tiny elementary school in Hamilton, Virginia, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 170 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Hamilton Elementary sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

Loudoun County Public Schools comprises 98 schools with combined enrollment of 81,486 students; Hamilton Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Hamilton Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hamilton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.4%, the actual is 82.0%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Loudoun County reports that median household earnings sit near $181,765, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Loudoun County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), Hamilton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hamilton Elementary. On composite proficiency, Hamilton Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 85.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hamilton Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 167 (now 170). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Hamilton Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.