Rolling Ridge Elementary

Rolling Ridge Elementary, a moderately sized elementary school in Sterling, Virginia, run under Loudoun County Public Schools, serves 562 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Loudoun County Public Schools comprises 98 schools with combined enrollment of 81,486 students; Rolling Ridge Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Rolling Ridge Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 12% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Rolling Ridge Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Rolling Ridge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 60.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Loudoun County put median household earnings sit near $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Loudoun County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), Rolling Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Park View High, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rolling Ridge Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rolling Ridge Elementary has contracted 3%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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