Sterling Elementary

Sterling Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Sterling, Virginia, operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, enrolling 430 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Loudoun County Public Schools runs 98 schools in total, collectively educating 81,486 students. Sterling Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sterling Elementary lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Asian, 11% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sterling Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Sterling Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sterling Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 66.5%.

Around the school, Loudoun County reports that median household earnings sit near $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Loudoun County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), of which Sterling Elementary is one.

Park View High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sterling Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sterling Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 58% to 64%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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