Eagle Ridge Middle

Located at 42901 Waxpool Rd, in Ashburn, Virginia, Eagle Ridge Middle is a high-enrollment middle school that hosts 1,258 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Loudoun County Public Schools. That puts it 68% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Loudoun County Public Schools comprises 98 schools with combined enrollment of 81,486 students; Eagle Ridge Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eagle Ridge Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Loudoun County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Eagle Ridge Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 12% of students at Eagle Ridge Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eagle Ridge Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.7%, the actual is 91.3%, a residual of +6.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Loudoun County put median household earnings sit near $181,765, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Loudoun County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), of which Eagle Ridge Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Mill Run Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eagle Ridge Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 84.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Eagle Ridge Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,276 (now 1,258). White enrollment moved from 51% to 34% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.