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Newton-Lee Elementary

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Newton-Lee Elementary ranks 219 th of 1111 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

219^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,111 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 80% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Newton-Lee Elementary is a PK–5 school in Ashburn, VA, serving 505 students as part of Loudoun County Public Schools, a district ranked 18th out of 131 in Virginia. In the 2025–2026 school year, Newton-Lee ranked 219th out of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools, placing it in the 80th percentile with a 4-star rating. The school earned 5-star ratings in 2021–2022 and 2022–2023, when it reached the 91st and 93rd percentiles statewide before rebounding to the 80th percentile in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio is 12.2.

Newton-Lee's strongest results are in math and reading. In the most recent testing year, math proficiency was 89.5% in 3rd grade, 90.0% in 4th, and 85.6% in 5th — roughly 6–8 points above the district and 13–17 points above the state. Reading scores were similarly strong: 84.2%, 83.2%, and 87.6% across grades 3–5, compared with district averages of 75.7%, 81.5%, and 81.0%. Chronic absenteeism is also a standout: 10.0% in 2024–2025 versus 14.1% for the district and 14.8% for the state. Only Seldens Landing Elementary (6.8%) and Hillside Elementary (9.7%) had lower rates locally, while Dominion Trail Elementary (17.5%) was notably higher. Newton-Lee also leads its cluster in per-pupil spending at $19,385 — about $4,000 more than Hillside Elementary.

The school's clearest weakness is Virginia Studies: 75.0% proficiency versus the district's 86.9%, the lowest among ten nearby schools with data. Subgroup patterns also deserve attention. Female students rank in the 87th percentile statewide, while males rank in the 71st, and Hispanic students have declined from the 83rd percentile in 2022–2023 to the 47th in 2025–2026. Because cohorts are small, year-to-year swings can be driven by a single class. Overall, Newton-Lee is a strong, above-average school with excellent math and reading scores, outstanding attendance, and high per-pupil investment — but the Virginia Studies results and subgroup trends are worth monitoring.

505

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,385

Per pupil spending ?

22.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

43335 Gloucester Parkway
Ashburn, VA 20147

(571) 252-1535

District: Loudoun County Public Schools

Students who attend Newton-Lee Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Belmont Ridge Middle
High:	Riverside High

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.8%

Asian:

26.9%

Hispanic:

12.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 81st percentile in 2016 → 80th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Virginia average (84% vs 72% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 20% of Virginia elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school84%

District avg81%

Virginia avg72%

219^th of 1,111

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Top 20%▬ steady since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 61Elementary Schools in the Loudoun County Public Schools

18^th of 131Loudoun County Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	78.8	219 of 1111	80.3%	★★★★☆
2025	75.7	277 of 1110	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	183 of 1114	83.6%	★★★★☆
2023	87.8	74 of 1114	93.4%	★★★★★
2022	87.1	98 of 1109	91.2%	★★★★★
2021	85.8	134 of 1103	87.9%	★★★★☆
2019	78.8	188 of 1105	83.0%	★★★★☆
2018	81.1	139 of 1097	87.3%	★★★★☆
2017	84.5	88 of 1099	92.0%	★★★★★
2016	75.6	211 of 1096	80.7%	★★★★☆
2015	80.7	147 of 1100	86.6%	★★★★☆
2014	88.0	46 of 1110	95.9%	★★★★★
2013	87.0	61 of 1120	94.6%	★★★★★
2012	83.1	85 of 1117	92.4%	★★★★★
2011	75.8	193 of 1117	82.7%	★★★★☆
2010	76.7	152 of 1113	86.3%	★★★★☆
2009	79.7	110 of 1082	89.8%	★★★★☆
2008	70.5	268 of 1081	75.2%	★★★★☆
2007	64.7	375 of 1083	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	62.9	390 of 1071	63.6%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	61.3	110 of 246	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.2	110 of 249	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.2	90 of 238	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	76.0	44 of 230	80.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	82.5	147 of 1100	86.6%	★★★★☆
2025	83.1	142 of 1096	87.0%	★★★★☆
2024	86.6	84 of 1098	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	85.6	94 of 1100	91.5%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	49.4	327 of 619	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.6	276 of 606	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	77.8	98 of 564	82.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	68.9	267 of 1040	74.3%	★★★★☆
2025	57.2	447 of 1046	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	86.8	57 of 1036	94.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	70.9	318 of 1099	71.1%	★★★★☆
2025	64.1	409 of 1093	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.8	303 of 1101	72.5%	★★★★☆
2023	86.6	77 of 1093	93.0%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	68.2	90 of 306	70.6%	★★★★☆
2025	62.8	104 of 271	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.8	129 of 245	47.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	71.4	253 of 974	74.0%	★★★★☆
2025	55.1	482 of 973	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.9	353 of 979	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.6	264 of 984	73.2%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)87th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)74th percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)74th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2026)71st percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)71st percentile-10 vs school

Asian (2026)55th percentile-25 vs school

Hispanic (2026)47th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics88%+15 vs state

English Reading85%+14 vs state

Science78%+9 vs state

VA Studies75%+4 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, September 7, 2015

Last year the school got a new principal with very questionable both personality and professional traits. You can see results of his terrible leadership skills in NLE's significant drop in test results for 2014/15. NLE has several problems to solve now.

1. Mr. Lyons made it clear that teachers were not expected to teach talented students - several families left the school for this particular reason. In fact, even though NLE teachers were encouraged to teach only the minimum (to the test) so that the school could get better scores by focusing on underperforming kids more and completely ignoring smart kids, you can see that this strategy did not work for NLE.

2. Parents at NLE are expected to be silent givers - donations are welcomed, but only if they are monetary or in the form of technology, etc. If a parent dares to voice his or her opinion on how to solve any of the numerous issues, or even if a parent offers much needed real help in the classroom to the teachers who are in fact poorly educated (to the point that teachers don't understand - and often don't care to understand - the material they are expected to teach in elementary school)... well, that would create a disaster situation for the entire family and will definitely affect the child of such parent thanks to Mr. Lyons' desire to degrade families who are unfortunate to be assigned to NLE. There are very few teachers at NLE who understand the situation, but they prefer to keep it to themselves now.

3. Beware: this year, NLE had very low number of full-time teachers. Result? Most of the part-timers there have a bad part-timer attitude - they can care less to invest time and effort into their classrooms and kids.

4. Have you seen bathrooms at NLE? They resemble third-world quality of such facilities in many regards.

5. Finally, if you think that your child should be taught that a great reward for his or her achievement is to ride in a limo with an adult who calls himself a principal (instead of, let's say, perhaps doing something that matters and contributes to the community), then welcome to NLE! Mr. Lyons will make sure that your kids' ideas of rewards are that pathetic.

In short, NLE used to be a nice school with some promise of becoming really good. Not any more. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, March 27, 2015

This school has everything needed to be one of the best ones in the nation: diverse student body, engaged parents, great facility. However, the new principal has created a very unhealthy atmosphere where most of the teachers don't care to be true educators, but instead are encouraged to do very little for their students. If you don't care about quality of your child's academic and social experiences, you will be fine. But if you strive for your kid to actually learn and advance in a positive and encouraging environment, you will be attacked (literally) in front of your own kids and their classmates by teachers and principal for being "too demanding". You will also be asked by the principal for numerous monetary contributions for the "needs of the school".
I feel sorry for the PTO in this school - parents are doing their best to sponsor as much as they can. Yet, the teachers don't care to even learn how to use correctly the various technology purchased for the school.
This school needs a different principal to change attitudes and lead the staff away from this arrogant, negligent, and aggressive culture that has been created here this school year. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

It is an amazing school an with up-to-date website and a great PTSO organization Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Mathematics (2026)			SOL Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)			SOL VA Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	SOL VA Studies 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Newton-Lee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43335 Gloucester Parkway	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-1535	505	41	12.2	22.6%	221 (43.8%)	47 (9.3%)	63 (12.5%)	136 (26.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.9%)	78.8	219^th of 1111 public elementary schools	80.3%		75.7	277^th of 1110 public elementary schools	75.0%	58	89.5	90.0	85.6	78.1	84.2	83.2	87.6	75.0	$19,385	$111	$19,274
Belmont Station Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20235 Nightwatch St.	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2240	605	49	12.4	19.7%	287 (47.4%)	48 (7.9%)	83 (13.7%)	139 (23.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.6%)	76.1	268^th of 1111 public elementary schools	75.9%		76.1	273^rd of 1110 public elementary schools	75.4%	5	81.9	82.6	91.8	72.5	74.5	84.4	85.7	91.4	$17,707	$220	$17,487
Sanders Corner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43100 Ashburn Farm Pkwy	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2250	503	40	12.7	26.0%	256 (50.9%)	29 (5.8%)	104 (20.7%)	74 (14.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.4%)	77.3	243^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	78.1%		78.5	241^st of 1110 public elementary schools	78.3%	2	93.6	85.9	75.6	81.1	90.0	81.4	81.8	85.4	$18,518	$436	$18,082
Ashburn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	44062 Fincastle Dr	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2350	513	42	12.2	23.2%	230 (44.8%)	39 (7.6%)	86 (16.8%)	110 (21.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.2%)	74.9	281^st of 1111 public elementary schools	74.7%		85.7	108^th of 1110 public elementary schools	90.3%	173	79.2	83.3	85.0	79.6	75.0	88.5	80.7	86.5	$18,662	$317	$18,345
Cedar Lane Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43700 Tolamac Dr	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2120	701	57	12.2	22.8%	299 (42.7%)	54 (7.7%)	88 (12.6%)	196 (28.0%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.8%)	75.5	275^th of 1111 public elementary schools	75.2%		79.9	217^th of 1110 public elementary schools	80.5%	58	84.4	79.1	84.8	78.4	83.2	80.5	82.4	85.3	$17,377	$92	$17,285
Seldens Landing Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43345 Coton Commons Dr.	Leesburg	20176	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2260	508	37	13.8	15.7%	280 (55.1%)	38 (7.5%)	59 (11.6%)	88 (17.3%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (7.1%)	82.5	166^th of 1111 public elementary schools	85.1%		77.2	259^th of 1110 public elementary schools	76.7%	93	83.7	91.0	87.4	84.0	80.2	84.1	89.3	88.5	$17,174	$252	$16,921
Dominion Trail Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	44045 Bruceton Mills Circle	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2340	566	50	11.4	44.0%	195 (34.5%)	65 (11.5%)	128 (22.6%)	139 (24.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.7%)	40.2	733^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	34.0%		46	656^th of 1110 public elementary schools	40.9%	77	67.7	60.7	70.8	56.2	63.4	71.3	72.7	77.3	$18,259	$264	$17,995
Hillside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43000 Ellzey Dr	Ashburn	20148	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2170	656	47	13.8	16.6%	252 (38.4%)	50 (7.6%)	63 (9.6%)	241 (36.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.0%)	82.1	173^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	84.4%		84.6	133^rd of 1110 public elementary schools	88.0%	40	86.9	87.2	84.3	73.8	86.9	88.1	88.5	92.8	$15,421	$223	$15,198
Steuart W. Weller Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20700 Marblehead Drive	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2360	710	54	13.1	39.2%	229 (32.3%)	95 (13.4%)	158 (22.3%)	162 (22.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (8.9%)	60.1	474^th of 1111 public elementary schools	57.3%		70.6	346^th of 1110 public elementary schools	68.8%	128	73.0	70.3	80.2	78.2	67.2	74.0	79.0	83.2	$16,318	$87	$16,231
Discovery Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	44020 Grace Bridge Drive	Ashburn	20147	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2370	639	55	11.6	33.8%	203 (31.8%)	91 (14.2%)	109 (17.1%)	166 (26.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	63 (9.9%)	56.6	529^th of 1111 public elementary schools	52.4%		53.6	559^th of 1110 public elementary schools	49.6%	30	70.4	70.0	72.1	70.5	61.7	83.6	77.7	87.7	$17,818	$651	$17,168

Frequently Asked Questions about Newton-Lee Elementary

How many students attend Newton-Lee Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 505 students attended Newton-Lee Elementary.

What district is Newton-Lee Elementary in?

Loudoun County Public Schools

What schools do graduates of Newton-Lee Elementary attend?

Students who attend Newton-Lee Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Belmont Ridge Middle
High : Riverside High

What is the racial makeup of Newton-Lee Elementary?

Students at Newton-Lee Elementary are 44% White, 27% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% African American, 7% Two or more races.

Is Newton-Lee Elementary a good school?

Newton-Lee Elementary ranks 219^th of 1111 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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