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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225001855
Hillside Elementary
43000 Ellzey Dr, Ashburn, VA 20148 · (571) 252-2170 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
109 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
70%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
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
86.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% 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 Hillside Elementary
Hillside Elementary's state test result (86.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Elementary this school | 656 | 16.6% | 86.9% |
| Greenbriar West Elementary Fairfax | 630 | 20.8% | 87.5% |
| Mill Run Elementary Ashburn | 636 | 10.5% | 92.4% |
| Little River Elementary South Riding | 701 | 16.7% | 85.4% |
| Legacy Elementary Ashburn | 627 | 16.7% | 90.5% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Herndon | 628 | 8.3% | 88.7% |
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 Hillside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #116 of 1,101 | #10 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #139 of 1,111 ▼ 39 | #12 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #166 of 1,111 ▼ 14 | #10 of 59 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #252 of 1,176 | #19 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #531 of 1,105 | #53 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #235 of 1,106 | #16 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #1,054 of 1,157 | #42 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #262 of 759 | #22 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
656
+108 (+20%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 656 | 47.2 | 13.9:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 47.6 | 14.4:1 | 15% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 32 | 23.1:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 0% (2) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (785 to 656); teachers up 24% (38 to 47.2).
About Hillside Elementary
Hillside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Ashburn, Virginia, administered by Loudoun County Public Schools. It reported 656 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 31% higher.
Hillside Elementary falls under Loudoun County Public Schools, which has 98 schools enrolling 81,486 students.
The biggest share of students at Hillside Elementary, 38%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 37% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Loudoun County's population at about 53%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hillside Elementary scores 70%.
With 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Hillside Elementary, 17% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Loudoun County, the average is 28%.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 83.6%. Hillside Elementary scores 86.9%.
The school is in Loudoun County, where the median household earns about $181,765 a year, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Hillside Elementary shares Loudoun County with 102 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Hillside Elementary is closest to Eagle Ridge Middle, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hillside Elementary ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% rise, from 548 to 656. The ratio was 15.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Ashburn
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- Stone Bridge HighHigh · 1,629 students
- Rock Ridge HighCombined · 1,599 students
- Broad Run HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Eagle Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,258 students
Other Hillside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 16 states are named Hillside Elementary. Hillside Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 25.
- Hillside Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJ · 684 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 682 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolCLOSTER, NJ · 599 students
- Hillside ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 586 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolJBLM Lewis Main, WA · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle Ridge Middle0.4 mi · 1,258
- Mill Run Elementary0.6 mi · 636
- Waxpool Elementary0.9 mi · 678
- Sanders Corner Elementary1.2 mi · 503
- Broad Run High1.2 mi · 1,558
- Moorefield Station Elementary1.6 mi · 963
Frequently asked questions
About Hillside ElementaryHow large is Hillside Elementary?
Hillside Elementary enrolls approximately 656 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hillside Elementary serve?
Hillside Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillside Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillside Elementary?
At Hillside Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 37% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hillside Elementary in?
Hillside Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
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