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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027001900
Hoffman-Boston Elementary
1415 S Queen St, Arlington, VA 22204 · (703) 228-5845 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
259 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Hoffman-Boston Elementary
Hoffman-Boston Elementary's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman-Boston Elementary this school | 592 | 43.8% | 62.5% |
| Halley Elementary Fairfax Station | 608 | 41.1% | 69.7% |
| Saratoga Elementary Springfield | 612 | 42.2% | 70.8% |
| Innovation Elementary Arlington | 483 | 42.7% | 78.0% |
| Dominion Trail Elementary Ashburn | 566 | 44.0% | 69.8% |
| Steuart W. Weller Elementary Ashburn | 710 | 39.2% | 79.8% |
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 Hoffman-Boston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #778 of 1,101 | #20 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #717 of 1,111 ▲ 52 | #19 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #664 of 1,111 ▲ 7 | #19 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #374 of 1,176 | #8 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #97 of 1,105 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #10 of 1,106 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #826 of 1,157 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #99 of 324 | N/A |
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
592
+123 (+26%) vs 2020
+97% since 2000-01, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 592 | 52.1 | 11.4:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 52.2 | 11.5:1 | 47% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 57 | 9.9:1 | 47% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 41 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 49.4 | 10.6:1 | 50% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 54% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 70% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 65% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoffman-Boston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (526 to 592); teachers up 5% (49.4 to 52.1).
About Hoffman-Boston Elementary
Hoffman-Boston Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Arlington County Public Schools, located in Arlington, Virginia. It has an enrollment of 592 students in pre-K through 5.
Across its 36 schools, Arlington County Public Schools enrolls 27,950 students. Hoffman-Boston Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Hoffman-Boston Elementary, about 26 are White, the largest group. Other students are 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 60% White share among all Arlington County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
Its staff includes 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.5 students per teacher. Roughly 44% of students at Hoffman-Boston Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Arlington County is 13 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hoffman-Boston Elementary is -13.7 points: 62.5% actual, 76.2% predicted.
Looking at the county, Arlington County, median household income comes to about $142,114, about 77% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 27,950 students.
Of the public schools around it, Hoffman-Boston Elementary is closest to Oakridge Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Hoffman-Boston Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hoffman-Boston Elementary's average proficiency of 62.5% compares with 68.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count rose 26% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Nearby schools
- Oakridge Elementary0.8 mi · 636
- Gunston Middle0.9 mi · 1,072
- Montessori Public School of Arlington1.0 mi · 528
- Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary1.2 mi · 417
- Long Branch Elementary1.3 mi · 442
- Charles Barrett Elementary1.4 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Hoffman-Boston ElementaryHow large is Hoffman-Boston Elementary?
Hoffman-Boston Elementary enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hoffman-Boston Elementary serve?
Hoffman-Boston Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hoffman-Boston Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hoffman-Boston Elementary is approximately 11.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hoffman-Boston Elementary?
Hoffman-Boston Elementary reports a student body of 26% White, 22% Hispanic, 25% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hoffman-Boston Elementary?
Hoffman-Boston Elementary is overseen by Arlington County Public Schools in Arlington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.