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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001997
Lake Ridge Elementary
11970 Hedges Run Dr, Woodbridge, VA 22192 · (703) 494-9153 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
472 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 60 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Lake Ridge Elementary
Lake Ridge Elementary's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ridge Elementary this school | 671 | 70.3% | 73.3% |
| Smith Station Elementary Fredericksburg | 715 | 72.6% | 69.6% |
| Anthony Burns Elementary Stafford | 730 | 66.3% | 60.4% |
| Greenbrier Primary Chesapeake | 679 | 72.8% | N/A |
| Falmouth Elementary Falmouth | 724 | 78.7% | 57.8% |
| Springwoods Elementary Woodbridge | 842 | 70.3% | 76.9% |
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 Lake Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #490 of 1,101 | #39 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #571 of 1,111 ▼ 54 | #44 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #490 of 1,111 ▼ 116 | #37 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #231 of 1,176 | #23 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #906 of 1,105 | #36 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #26 of 1,106 | #5 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #670 of 1,157 | #32 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #94 of 324 | #7 of 17 |
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
671
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 671 | 42.3 | 15.9:1 | 70% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 44.2 | 16.0:1 | 51% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 41.3 | 16.9:1 | 48% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 42 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 31.3 | 18.8:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 32% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 27% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 17% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 33 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (590 to 671); teachers up 35% (31.3 to 42.3).
About Lake Ridge Elementary
Lake Ridge Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Woodbridge, Virginia. It reports enrollment of 671 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 34% above the average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Prince William County Public Schools runs Lake Ridge Elementary along with 94 other schools, enrolling 90,242 students in total.
The student body at Lake Ridge Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 32%. Next come 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 10% multiracial. The county population is about 43% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
The school lists 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 472 students, or 70%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Prince William County, the average is 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Ridge Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lake Ridge Elementary would score about 69.0%. It scores 73.3%, 4.3 points above that figure.
In Prince William County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $131,402, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 102 public schools and about 89,591 students.
Lake Ridge Middle, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Lake Ridge Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lake Ridge Elementary ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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 671, starting from 666.
This community page is for conversations about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Other Lake Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Ridge Elementary. Lake Ridge Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Lake Ridge ElementaryJohnson City, TN · 632 students
- LAKE RIDGE ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 541 students
- Lake Ridge Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GA · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Ridge Middle0.8 mi · 1,487
- Antietam Elementary0.8 mi · 752
- Old Bridge Elementary1.0 mi · 505
- Springwoods Elementary1.0 mi · 842
- Woodbridge High1.1 mi · 2,898
- Westridge Elementary1.5 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Ridge Elementary?
Lake Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lake Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Lake Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Lake Ridge Elementary?
Lake Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 25% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Ridge Elementary?
Lake Ridge Elementary is overseen by Prince William County Public Schools in Prince William County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.