Lowes Island Elementary

Lowes Island Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Sterling, Virginia, run under Loudoun County Public Schools, with 528 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Loudoun County Public Schools, which oversees 98 schools and 81,486 students, Lowes Island Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lowes Island Elementary lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Loudoun County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Lowes Island Elementary shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lowes Island Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.3%; this one delivers 82.4%.

In the surrounding community, Loudoun County reports that the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Loudoun County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), of which Lowes Island Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Dominion Trail Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lowes Island Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowes Island Elementary has contracted 19%, going from 649 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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