Ball's Bluff Elementary School, 821 Battlefield Parkway NE: pre-K to grade 5, 462 students in fall 2025, state rating Meets Expectations.
Last checked Oct. 23, 2026. Sources: Ball’s Bluff Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers.
Ball’s Bluff Elementary School, at 821 Battlefield Parkway NE, serves northeast Leesburg along Battlefield Parkway, pre-K and kindergarten to grade 5. It is run by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), the county-wide school division.
Who to call
- Front office: 571-252-2880, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Enrolling a new student: LCPS Registration Services, 571-252-2490, and online pre-registration
- Which school serves an address: LCPS Planning and GIS Services, 571-252-1050, or the LABEL address lookup
- Buses: LCPS Transportation, 571-252-1700 (transportation page)
- LCPS central office: 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, 571-252-1000
| Address | 821 Battlefield Parkway NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 |
| Grades | Pre-K and kindergarten to grade 5 |
| Main phone | 571-252-2880 |
| Website | lcps.org/o/bal |
| School division | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Beth Karstaedt, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 462 students in fall 2025, compared with 465 in 2024 and 467 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 467 students in the 2023-24 school year with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 students per teacher.
State report card
Virginia rates each school two ways on its School Quality Profile. Accreditation shows whether the state has approved the evidence the Standards of Accreditation require. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support, as listed in the LCPS division summary.
- Accreditation, 2025-26: Fully Accredited
- Framework score: 89.23, rated Meets Expectations, in the division summary
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed), from the School Quality Profile:
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 75% | 74% | 74% |
| Math | 77% | 75% | 79% |
| Science | 69% | 69% | 72% |
The full profile also reports attendance, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone
The Ball’s Bluff Elementary zone splits at the middle school level for 2026-27. Of its 2,204 county address points, 1,825 (83%) are zoned for Smart’s Mill Middle and Tuscarora High and 379 (17%) are zoned for Harper Park Middle and Heritage High. Of those address points, 1,558 (71%) are inside the Leesburg town limits; the rest are in unincorporated Loudoun County.
Check one address in the LCPS LABEL lookup or on the division’s 2026-27 zone maps, or call Planning and GIS Services at 571-252-1050. Our neighborhoods guide lists the zoned schools for each Leesburg community.
How we checked: we matched Loudoun County’s 140,704 address points against LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers and the town boundary. LCPS does not publish a feeder list, so the feeder lines and shares are our count; the zone lines are the division’s own.
Calendar and bell times
From the 2026-27 LCPS calendar the School Board adopted:
- Wednesday, Oct. 28: end of the first quarter
- Thursday, Oct. 29, to Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students (Election Day is Nov. 3)
- Monday, Nov. 9: holiday
- Wednesday, Nov. 25, to Friday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving break
- Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1: winter break; classes resume Monday, Jan. 4
- Monday, March 22, to Friday, March 26: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day of school
Weather closings are posted on the LCPS inclement weather page.
Doors open at 7:40 a.m., the tardy bell rings at 8 a.m. and dismissal is at 2:45 p.m., according to the school’s website.
More on Leesburg schools
- The school’s own page: lcps.org/o/bal
- The state’s School Quality Profile for Ball’s Bluff Elementary
- Every public school in Leesburg, with zones and state ratings
- Our Leesburg schools guide for the calendar, registration and the School Board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Ball’s Bluff Elementary School serve?
Pre-K and kindergarten through grade 5. The state counted 462 students in fall 2025.
How is Ball’s Bluff Elementary School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 89.23 and is rated Meets Expectations.
Which middle and high school does Ball’s Bluff Elementary feed into?
It splits. By share of the addresses in its zone, 83% to Smart’s Mill Middle and Tuscarora High and 17% to Harper Park Middle and Heritage High, on the LCPS 2026-27 zone maps.
Who is the principal of Ball’s Bluff Elementary School?
Beth Karstaedt, according to the school’s website.
What time does Ball’s Bluff Elementary School start?
The tardy bell rings at 8 a.m. and dismissal is at 2:45 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 a.m.
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