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Does Taylor Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000108
Taylor Elementary
2600 N Stuart St, Arlington, VA 22207 · (703) 228-6275 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
48 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Taylor Elementary
Taylor Elementary's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Elementary this school | 530 | 9.1% | 87.4% |
| Cherry Run Elementary Burke | 481 | 7.9% | 87.3% |
| Mount Daniel Elementary Falls Church | 486 | 15.6% | N/A |
| Terra Centre Elementary Burke | 594 | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Clermont Elementary Alexandria | 549 | 15.1% | 86.3% |
| Sunrise Valley Elementary Reston | 558 | 15.8% | 82.8% |
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 Taylor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #102 of 1,101 | #9 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #182 of 1,111 ▼ 92 | #9 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #118 of 1,111 ▼ 78 | #10 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #498 of 1,176 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #258 of 1,105 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #593 of 1,106 | #17 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #1,125 of 1,157 | #20 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #147 of 759 | #7 of 19 |
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
530
-88 (-14%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 530 | 42.3 | 12.5:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 57 | 9.5:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 39 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 44.5 | 15.2:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 53 | 13.7:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 9% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 37 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (674 to 530); teachers down 5% (44.5 to 42.3).
About Taylor Elementary
The public elementary school Taylor Elementary is located in Arlington, Virginia. It had 530 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Arlington County Public Schools, which runs Taylor Elementary, has 36 schools and 27,950 students.
About 61% of the student body at Taylor Elementary is White. The remaining students are 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 4% Black. Arlington County residents are about 60% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Taylor Elementary, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Arlington County average 31%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Taylor Elementary, the prediction is 85.6% and the result is 87.4%.
For the population of Arlington County, the median household earns about $142,114 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 77% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Taylor Elementary shares Arlington County with 41 other public schools.
Taylor Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Dorothy Hamm Middle, its nearest public school. Taylor Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 85.0% on proficiency, and Taylor Elementary is above that at 87.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 618 (2020-21) to 530 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.8:1 to 12.5:1.
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Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other Taylor Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Taylor Elementary. Taylor Elementary is the 5th largest of the 18.
- Taylor Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 883 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 797 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 744 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 662 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolCOLLEYVILLE, TX · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Dorothy Hamm Middle0.5 mi · 989
- Integration Station0.9 mi · 34
- Glebe Elementary1.1 mi · 574
- Arlington Science Focus School1.3 mi · 632
- Washington-Liberty High1.3 mi · 3,044
- Yorktown High1.5 mi · 2,593
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor ElementaryHow many students attend Taylor Elementary?
Taylor Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is Taylor Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Taylor Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Taylor Elementary have?
Taylor Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Taylor Elementary?
Student demographics at Taylor Elementary are roughly 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Taylor Elementary in?
Taylor Elementary is part of Arlington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.