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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001305
Loch Lomond Elementary
7900 Augusta Rd, Manassas, VA 20111 · (703) 368-4128 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
336 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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
20%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
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Loch Lomond Elementary
Loch Lomond Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Lomond Elementary this school | 480 | 70.0% | 65.5% |
| West Gate Elementary Manassas | 482 | 71.8% | 52.3% |
| Featherstone Elementary Woodbridge | 452 | 70.6% | 81.9% |
| Sudley Elementary Manassas | 623 | 71.1% | 58.3% |
| Marumsco Hills Elementary Woodbridge | 564 | 70.0% | 53.9% |
| Bensley Elementary North Chesterfield | 615 | 77.6% | 38.6% |
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 Loch Lomond Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #718 of 1,101 | #52 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #570 of 1,111 ▼ 107 | #43 of 64 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #929 of 1,111 ▼ 112 | #59 of 64 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #631 of 1,176 | #53 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #519 of 1,105 | #5 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,048 of 1,106 | #64 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #682 of 1,157 | #38 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #304 of 759 | #19 of 45 |
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
480
-73 (-13%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 480 | 34.7 | 13.8:1 | 70% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 34.2 | 14.5:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 41.3 | 13.7:1 | 78% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 46 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 46.9 | 12.0:1 | 80% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 81% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 72% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 27% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loch Lomond Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (563 to 480); teachers down 26% (46.9 to 34.7).
About Loch Lomond Elementary
Among the schools in Manassas, Virginia, is Loch Lomond Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 480 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Loch Lomond Elementary falls under Prince William County Public Schools, which has 95 schools enrolling 90,242 students.
At Loch Lomond Elementary, 89% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 6% White and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Hispanic share among all Prince William County residents. The diversity index for Loch Lomond Elementary is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Loch Lomond Elementary, which has 34.7. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Loch Lomond Elementary is about 70%. That rate is above the 55% average among public schools in Prince William County.
Loch Lomond Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.5%) and its predicted rate (69.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
For Prince William County, Census Bureau data show 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.
Loch Lomond Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Sudley Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 65.5% is above the 60.9% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 553 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 480 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.0:1 to 13.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Manassas
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Osbourn HighHigh · 2,301 students
- Unity Reed HighHigh · 2,042 students
- Parkside MiddleMiddle · 1,352 students
- Louise A. Benton MiddleMiddle · 1,339 students
Nearby schools
- Sudley Elementary0.7 mi · 623
- Yorkshire Elementary1.0 mi · 851
- West Gate Elementary1.0 mi · 482
- Unity Braxton Middle1.3 mi · 1,055
- Weems Elementary1.4 mi · 556
- C.A. Sinclair Elementary1.5 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Loch Lomond ElementaryHow large is Loch Lomond Elementary?
Loch Lomond Elementary enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Loch Lomond Elementary serve?
Loch Lomond Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Loch Lomond Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Loch Lomond Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Loch Lomond Elementary?
Student demographics at Loch Lomond Elementary are roughly 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Loch Lomond Elementary in?
Loch Lomond Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.