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How has Seldens Landing Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002289
Seldens Landing Elementary
43345 Coton Commons Dr., Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2260 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-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.
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
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
80 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
64%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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Seldens Landing Elementary
Seldens Landing Elementary's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seldens Landing Elementary this school | 508 | 15.7% | 82.0% |
| J.W. Alvey Elementary Haymarket | 523 | 9.6% | 89.3% |
| Lowes Island Elementary Sterling | 528 | 21.4% | 82.4% |
| Sycolin Creek Elementary Leesburg | 452 | 10.0% | 86.6% |
| Arlington Science Focus School Arlington | 632 | 16.5% | 88.6% |
| Mountain View Elementary Haymarket | 418 | 14.8% | 84.0% |
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 Seldens Landing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #258 of 1,101 | #31 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #254 of 1,111 ▲ 9 | #26 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #280 of 1,111 ▼ 13 | #30 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #557 of 1,176 | #41 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #509 of 1,105 | #51 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #441 of 1,106 | #38 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,062 of 1,157 | #44 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #22 of 759 | #4 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
508
-83 (-14%) vs 2020
-51% since 2010-11, when it was 1,039
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 508 | 36.8 | 13.8:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 37 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 42.9 | 18.2:1 | 9% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 1,039 | 44 | 23.6:1 | 5% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seldens Landing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (783 to 508); teachers down 14% (42.9 to 36.8).
About Seldens Landing Elementary
Seldens Landing Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Leesburg, Virginia, administered by Loudoun County Public Schools. It enrolled 508 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
A total of 98 schools make up Loudoun County Public Schools, with 81,486 students enrolled.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at Seldens Landing Elementary. Enrollment also includes 17% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, about 53% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Seldens Landing Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Seldens Landing Elementary counts 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students for each one. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. About 16% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Loudoun County average 28%.
Seldens Landing Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 83.8% for a school in Virginia with Seldens Landing Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Seldens Landing Elementary posts 82.0%.
Census estimates describe Loudoun County this way: median household income is about $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Loudoun County number 103 and enroll about 81,486.
Belmont Ridge Middle is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Seldens Landing Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Seldens Landing Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 591 in 2020-21 and 508 in 2024-25, a decrease of 83 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Leesburg
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
- Heritage HighCombined · 1,475 students
- Tuscarora HighCombined · 1,377 students
- Loudoun County HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- Smart's Mill MiddleMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Belmont Ridge Middle0.7 mi · 1,071
- Riverside High0.8 mi · 1,710
- Harper Park Middle1.4 mi · 858
- John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary1.5 mi · 617
- Newton-Lee Elementary1.9 mi · 505
- Belmont Station Elementary1.9 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Seldens Landing ElementaryHow many students attend Seldens Landing Elementary?
Seldens Landing Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Seldens Landing Elementary serve?
Seldens Landing Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seldens Landing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seldens Landing Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Seldens Landing Elementary?
Student demographics at Seldens Landing Elementary are roughly 55% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Seldens Landing Elementary in?
Seldens Landing Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.