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What's one thing John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002287
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
691 Potomac Station Dr NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2870 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
12.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
165 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
71%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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary this school | 617 | 26.7% | 84.9% |
| Cub Run Elementary Centreville | 620 | 23.9% | 74.5% |
| Bristow Run Elementary Bristow | 562 | 28.6% | 84.4% |
| Ashburn Elementary Ashburn | 513 | 23.2% | 86.9% |
| Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Reston | 726 | 22.9% | 84.5% |
| White Oaks Elementary Burke | 699 | 24.5% | 84.3% |
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 John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #172 of 1,101 | #18 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #199 of 1,111 ▼ 119 | #18 of 59 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #241 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #24 of 59 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #325 of 1,176 | #26 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #307 of 1,105 | #39 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #194 of 1,106 | #11 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #964 of 1,157 | #25 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #284 of 759 | #23 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
617
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 977
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 617 | 48.2 | 12.8:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 47.4 | 13.0:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 45.5 | 13.8:1 | 24% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 50 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 47.8 | 15.2:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 47 | 20.8:1 | 17% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (729 to 617); teachers up 1% (47.8 to 48.2).
About John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Virginia, located in Leesburg. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 617 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 24% bigger than average.
Besides John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary, Loudoun County Public Schools runs 97 other schools. The district enrolls 81,486 students.
At John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The remaining shares are 19% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.8:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 27%. For comparison, public schools in Loudoun County average 28%.
allk12 grades John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary's results are 4.1 points above predicted: 84.9% against 80.8%.
Loudoun County has about 432,998 residents, and the median household income is $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is one of 103 public schools in the county.
Harper Park Middle is located about 0.2 miles from John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 617, starting from 626.
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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 Leesburg
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
- Heritage HighCombined · 1,475 students
- Tuscarora HighCombined · 1,377 students
- Loudoun County HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- Smart's Mill MiddleMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Harper Park Middle0.2 mi · 858
- Cool Spring Elementary1.4 mi · 591
- Seldens Landing Elementary1.5 mi · 508
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.7 mi · 581
- Belmont Ridge Middle1.9 mi · 1,071
- Riverside High1.9 mi · 1,710
Frequently asked questions
About John W. Tolbert Jr. ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary?
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 617 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary serve?
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary.
How diverse is John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary?
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary public or private?
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.