Enrollment
144
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225003028
Hillsboro Charter Academy
37110 Charles Town Pike, Purcellville, VA 20132 · (540) 751-2560 · Loudoun County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.7:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
15 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 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
25%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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
95.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 95.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 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
89.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Hillsboro Charter Academy
Hillsboro Charter Academy's state test result (89.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Charter Academy this school | 144 | 10.4% | 89.9% |
| Hamilton Elementary Hamilton | 170 | 13.5% | 82.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Purcellville | 91 | 8.8% | 95.9% |
| 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% |
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 Hillsboro Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #57 of 1,101 | #5 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #24 of 1,111 ▲ 78 | #2 of 59 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #104 of 1,111 ▲ 23 | #5 of 59 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #1,148 of 1,176 | #59 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #1,115 of 1,157 | #52 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
144
0 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 144 | 8.6 | 16.7:1 | 10% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 9.1 | 15.8:1 | 6% (8) |
| 2022-23 | 143 | 8.5 | 16.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 8 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 132 | 8.2 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsboro Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (132 to 144); teachers up 5% (8.2 to 8.6).
About Hillsboro Charter Academy
The public elementary school Hillsboro Charter Academy is located in Purcellville, Virginia. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 144 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 71% lower.
Loudoun County Public Schools, which runs Hillsboro Charter Academy, has 98 schools and 81,486 students.
The share of students at Hillsboro Charter Academy who are White is 86%. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Loudoun County, the White share is about 53%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Teacher count: 8.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.7:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Roughly 10% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County is 18 points.
Hillsboro Charter Academy holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of Virginia public elementary schools.
In Virginia, Hillsboro Charter Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 89.9% actual against a predicted 85.3%.
Census data for Loudoun County show the median household earns about $181,765 a year, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Hillsboro Charter Academy, Loudoun County has 103 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Mountain View Elementary is about 3.0 miles from Hillsboro Charter Academy. The five-mile area around Hillsboro Charter Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Hillsboro Charter Academy comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Hillsboro Charter Academy as Rural: Distant. Hillsboro Charter Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 144 to 144, a small change. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.0:1 to 16.7:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Hillsboro Charter Academy, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Purcellville
- Woodgrove HighCombined · 1,562 students
- Loudoun Valley HighHigh · 1,149 students
- Blue Ridge MiddleMiddle · 714 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Emerick ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary3.0 mi · 649
- Woodgrove High3.1 mi · 1,562
- Loudoun Valley High4.2 mi · 1,149
- Round Hill Elementary4.4 mi · 521
- Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary4.5 mi · 417
- Blue Ridge Elementary School4.6 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsboro Charter AcademyHow large is Hillsboro Charter Academy?
Hillsboro Charter Academy enrolls approximately 144 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hillsboro Charter Academy serve?
Hillsboro Charter Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Hillsboro Charter Academy?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Hillsboro Charter Academy.
How diverse is Hillsboro Charter Academy?
Hillsboro Charter Academy reports a student body of 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hillsboro Charter Academy in?
Hillsboro Charter Academy is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.