Best Elementary Schools in Leesburg Area 2016

A focus on student outcomes often begins and ends in those last four years in high school.

What about elementary school? It's often a student's first exposure to a school environment and starts them on the path to success.

We've collected several lists of the Best Elementary Schools in Virginia to see which area schools are at the top.

Great Schools Ratings

A go-to resource for school info, Great Schools collects information on academic performance, extracurricular programs, school culture, and more.

Schools rated 8-10 are considered "above average," according to Great Schools. Here's the highest-rated schools in the area. Zillow also has the information mapped.

Rated 10 of 10

• Emerick Elementary School

Rated 9 of 10

• Waterford Elementary School
• Evergreen Mill Elementary School
• Belmont Station Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School

Rated 8 of 10

• Lucketts Elementary School
• Ball's Bluff Elementary School
• Leesburg Elementary School
• John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School
• Seldens Landing Elementary School
• Sycolin Creek Elementary School

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School Diggers

Numbers drive the results from School Diggers, including student/teacher ratios, percent of students with free lunch and test scores. Judging by some of the top results, there can be wild swings year-to-year.

Here are the area schools in the Top 250 Virginia Elementary Schools:

57 Emerick Elementary

74 Sycolin Creek Elementary

95 Round Hill Elementary

138 Belmont Station Elementary

204 Evergreen Mill Elementary

Niche

Niche.com rates a variety of schools, school districts and programs, combining data-driven results (test scores, student-teacher ratios) with student and parent surveys.

Below find the Centreville area schools on Niche's 100 Best Public Elementary Schools in Virginia.

• See the methodology for the list.
• You can take Niche's survey to add your opinion for 2017's results.

86 Lincoln Elementary SchoolShow details

87 Round Hill Elementary SchoolShow details

89 Emerick Elementary SchoolPurcellville, VAShow details