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What tradition at Waxpool Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225003060
Waxpool Elementary
42560 Black Angus Drive, Ashburn, VA 20148 · (571) 367-4220 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
113 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 | 9 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
67%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
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 93.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
89.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% 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 Waxpool Elementary
Waxpool Elementary's state test result (89.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waxpool Elementary this school | 678 | 16.7% | 89.9% |
| Floris Elementary Herndon | 666 | 11.9% | 85.0% |
| Buffalo Trail Elementary Aldie | 756 | 12.2% | 83.5% |
| Liberty Elementary South Riding | 813 | 18.5% | 86.8% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
| Poplar Tree Elementary Chantilly | 683 | 10.2% | 91.0% |
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 Waxpool Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #58 of 1,101 | #6 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #69 of 1,111 ▼ 39 | #7 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #80 of 1,111 ▼ 28 | #3 of 59 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #222 of 1,176 | #17 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #649 of 1,105 | #54 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #331 of 1,106 | #29 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,053 of 1,157 | #41 of 59 |
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
678
-63 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 678 | 47.2 | 14.4:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 48.7 | 13.7:1 | 11% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 9% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 44 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waxpool Elementary.
About Waxpool Elementary
Students in Ashburn, Virginia, attend Waxpool Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 678 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
Loudoun County Public Schools (98 schools, 81,486 students) runs Waxpool Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Waxpool Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 48%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among all residents of Loudoun County, the Asian share is about 22%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The school has 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. The school reported 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Loudoun County average 28%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Waxpool Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.9%; the prediction is 83.6%.
The county, Loudoun County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $181,765 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Loudoun County has 103 public schools with about 81,486 students, including Waxpool Elementary.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Eagle Ridge Middle, is the closest to Waxpool Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Waxpool Elementary. On proficiency, Waxpool Elementary is ahead of the 86.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Waxpool Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 741 students in 2020-21 to 678 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Waxpool Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Ashburn
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- Stone Bridge HighHigh · 1,629 students
- Rock Ridge HighCombined · 1,599 students
- Broad Run HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Eagle Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,258 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle Ridge Middle0.8 mi · 1,258
- Mill Run Elementary0.8 mi · 636
- Hillside Elementary0.9 mi · 656
- Briar Woods High1.6 mi · 1,862
- Moorefield Station Elementary1.7 mi · 963
- Sanders Corner Elementary1.8 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Waxpool ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Waxpool Elementary?
Waxpool Elementary enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Waxpool Elementary serve?
Waxpool Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Waxpool Elementary have?
Waxpool Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Waxpool Elementary?
Student demographics at Waxpool Elementary are roughly 28% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 48% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Waxpool Elementary in?
Waxpool Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
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