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Hovatter Elementary
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat 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 90 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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%.
About Hovatter Elementary
Hovatter Elementary, a sprawling elementary-level community in Aldie, Virginia, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools, serves 810 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Hovatter Elementary sits 62% bigger than that benchmark.
Hovatter Elementary is one of 98 schools operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, a district that instructs 81,486 students overall.
On demographics, Hovatter Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, Hovatter Elementary logs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 4% of students at Hovatter Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.
After controlling for student poverty, Hovatter Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.4%.
Around the school, census data for Loudoun County shows median household income runs about $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Hovatter Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Henrietta Lacks Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hovatter Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 84.3%.
Hovatter Elementary operates from a residential location.
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