Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000919
Hamilton Elementary
54 S Kerr St, Hamilton, VA 20158 · (540) 751-2570 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
23 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
37%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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Elementary this school | 170 | 13.5% | 82.0% |
| Hillsboro Charter Academy Purcellville | 144 | 10.4% | 89.9% |
| Waterford Elementary Waterford | 243 | 5.3% | 80.9% |
| Fort Lewis Elementary Salem | 250 | 21.6% | 88.8% |
| Virginia L. Murray Elementary Charlottesville | 273 | 11.7% | 93.1% |
| Broadus Wood Elementary Earlysville | 282 | 17.7% | 78.3% |
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 Hamilton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #257 of 1,101 | #30 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #370 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #36 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #278 of 1,111 ▼ 174 | #28 of 59 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #1,129 of 1,176 | #57 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #1,086 of 1,157 | #48 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
170
+17 (+11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 170 | 18.7 | 9.1:1 | 14% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 18.6 | 9.0:1 | 11% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 164 | 18.5 | 8.9:1 | 12% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 14 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 11.4 | 14.6:1 | 9% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 169 | 11 | 15.4:1 | 6% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 171 | 9 | 19.0:1 | 9% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 12 | 22.3:1 | 4% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 229 | 12 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (167 to 170); teachers up 64% (11.4 to 18.7).
About Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary is a small elementary school located in Hamilton, Virginia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 170 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 66% smaller than that.
Loudoun County Public Schools counts 98 schools and 81,486 students, including Hamilton Elementary.
Hamilton Elementary is 78% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. That compares with about 53% White among all Loudoun County residents. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.1:1. That is 4.8 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Hamilton Elementary reports 14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County.
The allk12 Grade for Hamilton Elementary is B. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hamilton Elementary scores 82.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 84.4%.
Within Loudoun County, the median household income is $181,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Besides Hamilton Elementary, Loudoun County has 102 other public schools.
Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hamilton Elementary. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hamilton Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Hamilton Elementary's enrollment grew 11%, to 170. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.9:1 to 9.1:1.
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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 Hamilton
- Harmony MiddleMiddle · 1,115 students
- Kenneth W.Culbert ElementaryElementary · 417 students
Other Hamilton Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 17 states are named Hamilton Elementary. Hamilton Elementary is the 26th largest of the 28.
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 1,028 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 999 students
- Hamilton ElementaryFresno, CA · 811 students
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 671 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolHamilton, AL · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary1.2 mi · 417
- Harmony Middle1.2 mi · 1,115
- Lincoln Elementary2.0 mi · 91
- Loudoun Valley High2.2 mi · 1,149
- Blue Ridge Middle2.4 mi · 714
- Emerick Elementary3.0 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton ElementaryHow large is Hamilton Elementary?
Hamilton Elementary enrolls approximately 170 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hamilton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamilton Elementary is approximately 9.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Elementary?
Student demographics at Hamilton Elementary are roughly 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hamilton Elementary in?
Hamilton Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
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