Rosa Lee Carter Elementary

As a substantial elementary-level community in Ashburn, Virginia, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary serves 792 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Loudoun County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 499.

Rosa Lee Carter Elementary is one of 98 schools operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, a district that works with 81,486 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest reads as 15% White, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Loudoun County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Loudoun County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 84.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Loudoun County put the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Rosa Lee Carter Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

Rock Ridge High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosa Lee Carter Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 87.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosa Lee Carter Elementary has shrank 17%, going from 955 students in 2018 to 792 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 20% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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