Discovery Elementary School, 44020 Grace Bridge Drive: pre-K-5, 642 students in fall 2025, rated Distinguished by the state. Office: 571-252-2370.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Discovery 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.
Discovery Elementary School, at 44020 Grace Bridge Drive, is a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) elementary school that feeds Farmwell Station Middle and Broad Run High and Stone Hill Middle and Rock Ridge High.
Who to call
- Front office: 571-252-2370
- Attendance: Attendance by email to dis-absentee@lcps.org
- 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, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (transportation page)
- LCPS central office: 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, 571-252-1000
| Address | 44020 Grace Bridge Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147 |
| Grades | Pre-K and kindergarten to 5 |
| Main phone | 571-252-2370 |
| School day | 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., with doors open at 7:10 a.m. |
| Website | lcps.org/o/dis |
| School division | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Christopher Painter, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 642 students in fall 2025, compared with 639 in 2024 and 692 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 692 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 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: 90.4, rated Distinguished, in the division summary
Standards of Learning pass rates (grades 3 to 5, share of tested students who passed), from the School Quality Profile:
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 74% | 71% | 75% |
| Math | 75% | 71% | 71% |
| Science | 72% | 73% | 71% |
The full profile also reports attendance, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone
The Discovery Elementary zone splits at the middle school level. Of its 3,697 county address points, 80% for Farmwell Station Middle and then Broad Run High and 20% for Stone Hill Middle and then Rock Ridge High.
Rezoning. On Dec. 16, 2025, the School Board adopted Redistrict Plan 280, as amended, which changed elementary zones in the Ashburn and Dulles North area starting this school year, according to the board summary. Discovery Elementary took in territory: in the plan map and capacity table presented Dec. 11, before the board’s amendments, the school’s 2025-26 resident students went from 650 under the old lines to 830 under the plan.
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 Ashburn community.
How we checked: we matched Loudoun County’s 140,707 address points against LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers. 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:
- Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30: no school for students
- Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3: no school (Election Day is Nov. 3)
- Monday, Nov. 9: holiday
- Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; classes resume Monday, Jan. 4
- March 22-26: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day of school
The school day runs 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., with doors open at 7:10 a.m., according to the school’s website.
More on Ashburn schools
- The school’s own page: lcps.org/o/dis
- The state’s School Quality Profile for Discovery Elementary
- Every public school in Ashburn, with zones and state ratings
- Our Ashburn schools guide for the calendar, registration and the School Board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Discovery Elementary School serve?
Pre-K and kindergarten through fifth grade. The state counted 642 students in fall 2025, including 13 in pre-K.
How is Discovery Elementary School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 90.4 and is rated Distinguished.
Which middle and high school does Discovery Elementary School feed into?
It depends on the street. Of the zone’s address points, 80% are zoned for Farmwell Station Middle and Broad Run High and 20% are zoned for Stone Hill Middle and Rock Ridge High.
What time does Discovery Elementary School start?
Classes start at 7:30 a.m.; the school day runs 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., with doors open at 7:10 a.m., according to the school’s website.
Who is the principal of Discovery Elementary School?
Christopher Painter, according to the school’s website.
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