Rosa Lee Carter Elementary, 43330 Loudoun Reserve Drive: pre-K-5, 754 students in fall 2025, rated Distinguished. Office: 703-957-4490.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Rosa Lee Carter 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.
Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School, at 43330 Loudoun Reserve Drive, is a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) elementary school that feeds Stone Hill Middle and Rock Ridge High. It shares a campus with Rock Ridge High School.
Who to call
- Front office: 703-957-4490, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Attendance: Attendance by email to RLC-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 | 43330 Loudoun Reserve Drive, Ashburn, VA 20148 |
| Grades | Pre-K and kindergarten to 5 |
| Main phone | 703-957-4490 |
| School day | 8 a.m. tardy bell and 2:45 p.m. dismissal, with doors open at 7:40 a.m. |
| Website | lcps.org/o/rlc |
| School division | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Uzma Askari, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 754 students in fall 2025, compared with 793 in 2024 and 801 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 800 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 60 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: 97.34, 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 | 88% | 85% | 86% |
| Math | 90% | 88% | 89% |
| Science | 92% | 83% | 83% |
The full profile also reports attendance, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone
Every address in the Rosa Lee Carter Elementary zone goes on to Stone Hill Middle and then Rock Ridge High for 2026-27, according to LCPS’s zone maps.
Rezoning. Rosa Lee Carter Elementary was one of 18 schools in the Ashburn and Dulles North elementary review that ended with the School Board adopting Redistrict Plan 280, as amended, on Dec. 16, 2025 (board summary). The plan’s capacity table shows no change to the school’s resident students.
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 8 a.m. tardy bell and 2:45 p.m. dismissal, with doors open at 7:40 a.m., according to the school’s website.
More on Ashburn schools
- The school’s own page: lcps.org/o/rlc
- The state’s School Quality Profile for Rosa Lee Carter 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 Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School serve?
Pre-K and kindergarten through fifth grade. The state counted 754 students in fall 2025, including 5 in pre-K.
How is Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 97.34 and is rated Distinguished.
Which middle and high school does Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School feed into?
Every address in the Rosa Lee Carter Elementary zone is zoned for Stone Hill Middle and then Rock Ridge High for 2026-27, according to LCPS’s zone maps.
What time does Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School start?
Classes start at 8 a.m.; the school day runs 8 a.m. tardy bell and 2:45 p.m. dismissal, with doors open at 7:40 a.m., according to the school’s website.
Who is the principal of Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School?
Uzma Askari, according to the school’s website.
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