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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225001852
Leesburg Elementary
323 Plaza St NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2860 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
205 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 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
65%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
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Leesburg Elementary
Leesburg Elementary's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg Elementary this school | 428 | 47.9% | 69.4% |
| Grace Miller Elementary Bealeton | 528 | 46.8% | 60.3% |
| Charles Barrett Elementary Alexandria | 547 | 51.4% | 67.6% |
| Dranesville Elementary Herndon | 610 | 47.4% | 66.0% |
| Cool Spring Elementary Leesburg | 591 | 53.6% | 66.3% |
| Belle View Elementary Alexandria | 419 | 37.7% | 68.2% |
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 Leesburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #609 of 1,101 | #47 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #788 of 1,111 ▼ 277 | #54 of 59 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #814 of 1,111 ▼ 297 | #52 of 59 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #752 of 1,176 | #51 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #31 of 1,105 | #6 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #421 of 1,106 | #34 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #799 of 1,157 | #13 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #233 of 759 | #20 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
428
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 428 | 42 | 10.2:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 42 | 10.1:1 | 46% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 40.8 | 10.5:1 | 47% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 30 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 28.6 | 18.1:1 | 37% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 26% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 28 | 21.3:1 | 25% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 7% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 40 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leesburg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (519 to 428); teachers up 47% (28.6 to 42).
About Leesburg Elementary
Leesburg Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Leesburg, Virginia. The school's 428 students are in pre-K through 5.
Loudoun County Public Schools enrolls 81,486 students, and its 98 schools include Leesburg Elementary.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Leesburg Elementary, with 43% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 40% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Loudoun County's residents are about 14% Hispanic, 29 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Leesburg Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Leesburg Elementary's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 48%. The 28% average for public schools in Loudoun County is 20 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Leesburg Elementary is C+. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Leesburg Elementary is 5.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 69.4%. Predicted: 75.1%.
Census estimates describe Loudoun County this way: median household income is about $181,765, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 103 public schools in Loudoun County, with a combined enrollment of about 81,486.
The nearest public school is Frances Hazel Reid Elementary, at about 0.7 miles. Leesburg Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Leesburg Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 391 in 2020-21 and 428 in 2024-25, a 9% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.2:1.
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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
Other Leesburg Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Leesburg Elementary. Leesburg Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEESBURG, FL · 843 students
- Leesburg Elementary SchoolLeesburg, IN · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Frances Hazel Reid Elementary0.7 mi · 647
- Ball's Bluff Elementary0.8 mi · 465
- Smart's Mill Middle0.9 mi · 885
- Frederick Douglass Elementary0.9 mi · 581
- Tuscarora High1.0 mi · 1,377
- Catoctin Elementary1.6 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Leesburg ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Leesburg Elementary?
Leesburg Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leesburg Elementary serve?
Leesburg Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Leesburg Elementary?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Leesburg Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Leesburg Elementary?
Student demographics at Leesburg Elementary are roughly 40% White, 43% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Leesburg Elementary in?
Leesburg Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
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