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How has HARPER PARK MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
858
Middle
DISTRICT 1,057 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225001913
Harper Park Middle
701 Potomac Station Dr NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2820 · Loudoun County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
298 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
-235 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.5:1
% White
47%
was 54%
% Hispanic
27%
was 16%
% Black
7%
was 8%
% Asian
13%
was 14%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Harper Park Middle
Harper Park Middle is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in Leesburg, Virginia, part of Loudoun County Public Schools, with 858 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
Harper Park Middle is one of 98 schools operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, a district that caters to 81,486 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Harper Park Middle shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial.
On the resource side, Harper Park Middle reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Harper Park Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.7%; this one delivers 77.1%.
In the surrounding community, Loudoun County reports that median household income runs about $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Loudoun County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), Harper Park Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harper Park Middle. On composite proficiency, Harper Park Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.0%.
Harper Park Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 1,093 students in 2018 compared to 858 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 16% to 27%.
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Loudoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
432,998
Census ACS
Median income
$181,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
81,486 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loudoun County Public Schools
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
Other schools in Leesburg
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
- Heritage HighCombined · 1,475 students
- Tuscarora HighCombined · 1,377 students
- Loudoun County HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- Smart's Mill MiddleMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary0.2 mi · 617
- Seldens Landing Elementary1.4 mi · 508
- Cool Spring Elementary1.4 mi · 591
- Belmont Ridge Middle1.8 mi · 1,071
- Riverside High1.8 mi · 1,710
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.8 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Harper Park MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Harper Park Middle?
Harper Park Middle enrolls approximately 858 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Harper Park Middle serve?
Harper Park Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harper Park Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harper Park Middle is approximately 13.1:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harper Park Middle?
At Harper Park Middle, the student body is approximately 47% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Harper Park Middle in?
Harper Park Middle is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.