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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000929
Rolling Ridge Elementary
500 E Frederick Dr, Sterling, VA 20164 · (571) 434-4540 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
559 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
58%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
50.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Rolling Ridge Elementary
Rolling Ridge Elementary's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Ridge Elementary this school | 562 | 99.5% | 60.1% |
| Forest Grove Elementary Sterling | 529 | 99.4% | 59.5% |
| Sterling Elementary Sterling | 430 | 99.3% | 66.5% |
| Annandale Terrace Elementary Annandale | 680 | 96.3% | 52.7% |
| Dogwood Elementary Reston | 745 | 98.5% | 41.5% |
| Preston Park Elementary Roanoke | 535 | 98.3% | 40.5% |
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 Rolling Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #834 of 1,101 | #55 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #981 of 1,111 ▼ 130 | #57 of 59 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,009 of 1,111 ▼ 92 | #57 of 59 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #440 of 1,176 | #34 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #33 of 1,105 | #7 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #620 of 1,106 | #44 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #158 of 1,157 | #2 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #681 of 759 | #44 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
562
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 562 | 54.9 | 10.2:1 | 99% (559) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 52.5 | 9.8:1 | 94% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 50 | 10.0:1 | 95% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 51 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 34.8 | 16.6:1 | 72% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 64% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 56% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 18% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 32 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (577 to 562); teachers up 58% (34.8 to 54.9).
About Rolling Ridge Elementary
Rolling Ridge Elementary sits in Sterling, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 562 students.
Loudoun County Public Schools serves 81,486 students across 98 schools.
More than half of the students at Rolling Ridge Elementary are Hispanic (61%). Beyond that, enrollment is 16% White, 12% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Loudoun County overall, about 14% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rolling Ridge Elementary scores 58%.
For every teacher at Rolling Ridge Elementary, there are about 10.2 students; the school has 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. Across public schools in Loudoun County, the average is 28%.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.0%. Rolling Ridge Elementary scores 60.1%.
In the surrounding county, Loudoun County, median household income comes to about $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Loudoun County has 103 public schools with about 81,486 students, including Rolling Ridge Elementary.
Park View High sits about 0.9 miles from Rolling Ridge Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 64.2%, higher than Rolling Ridge Elementary's 60.1%.
The federal government classifies Rolling Ridge Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 30 students, from 532 to 562.
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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 Sterling
- Dominion HighCombined · 1,453 students
- Park View HighHigh · 1,409 students
- River Bend MiddleMiddle · 1,137 students
- Sterling MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Seneca Ridge MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Elaine E. Thompson ElementaryElementary · 756 students
Other Rolling Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Rolling Ridge Elementary. Rolling Ridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Rolling Ridge ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 586 students
- Rolling Ridge Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 472 students
- Rolling Ridge ElemOlathe, KS · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Park View High0.9 mi · 1,409
- W.O. Robey High1.0 mi · 59
- Dominion High1.0 mi · 1,453
- Sterling Elementary1.0 mi · 430
- Seneca Ridge Middle1.1 mi · 862
- Dranesville Elementary1.3 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Ridge ElementaryHow large is Rolling Ridge Elementary?
Rolling Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rolling Ridge Elementary serve?
Rolling Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rolling Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Rolling Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Rolling Ridge Elementary?
Rolling Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 61% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Rolling Ridge Elementary public or private?
Rolling Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.