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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lyles-Crouch Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510012000047
Lyles-Crouch Elementary
530 S St Asaph St, Alexandria, VA 22314 · (703) 706-4430 · Alexandria city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
83 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
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 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Lyles-Crouch Elementary
Lyles-Crouch Elementary's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyles-Crouch Elementary this school | 378 | 22.0% | 79.3% |
| Chancellor Elementary Fredericksburg | 440 | 22.5% | 80.3% |
| Meadows of Dan Elementary Meadows of Dan | 300 | 32.7% | 73.5% |
| Armstrong Elementary Reston | 357 | 19.3% | 73.5% |
| Stone Robinson Elementary Charlottesville | 476 | 30.3% | 75.8% |
| Randolph Elementary Crozier | 387 | 26.1% | 85.6% |
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 Lyles-Crouch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Alexandria city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #325 of 1,101 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #393 of 1,111 ▼ 29 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #228 of 1,111 ▼ 12 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #859 of 1,176 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #891 of 1,105 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #345 of 1,106 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #1,011 of 1,157 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #335 of 759 | #7 of 11 |
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
378
-67 (-15%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 22% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 22% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 31.4 | 13.9:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 28% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 26% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 22 | 8.9:1 | 62% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 20 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyles-Crouch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (437 to 378); teachers down 23% (31.4 to 24).
About Lyles-Crouch Elementary
Lyles-Crouch Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 378 students. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 24% smaller than that.
Alexandria City Public Schools (18 schools, 16,575 students) runs Lyles-Crouch Elementary.
Roughly 50% of students at Lyles-Crouch Elementary are White. The rest of enrollment is 23% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 51% White share among all Alexandria city residents. Lyles-Crouch Elementary's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Lyles-Crouch Elementary is 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 22% of students, or 83, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 69% average for public schools in Alexandria city.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Lyles-Crouch Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lyles-Crouch Elementary would score about 82.1%. It scores 79.3%, 2.9 points below that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Alexandria city show that the median household income is $119,681, about 66% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Lyles-Crouch Elementary, Alexandria city has 19 other public schools.
Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School is the public school closest to Lyles-Crouch Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Lyles-Crouch Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Lyles-Crouch Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The school enrolled 378 students in 2024-25, 67 fewer than the 445 it had in 2020-21.
The Lyles-Crouch Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Alexandria city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,976
Census ACS
Median income
$119,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
66%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
16,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria City Public Schools
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Francis C. Hammond MiddleMiddle · 1,597 students
- George Washington MiddleMiddle · 1,458 students
- Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,075 students
- Mount Vernon ElementaryElementary · 933 students
- James K. Polk ElementaryElementary · 804 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School0.7 mi · 506
- George Washington Middle1.2 mi · 1,458
- Naomi L. Brooks Elementary1.4 mi · 319
- Mount Eagle Elementary2.0 mi · 361
- Belle View Elementary2.1 mi · 419
- Mount Vernon Elementary2.1 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Lyles-Crouch ElementaryHow many students attend Lyles-Crouch Elementary?
Lyles-Crouch Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lyles-Crouch Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lyles-Crouch Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyles-Crouch Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyles-Crouch Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyles-Crouch Elementary?
At Lyles-Crouch Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 11% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lyles-Crouch Elementary public or private?
Lyles-Crouch Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alexandria City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.