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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
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Virginia public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 264 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 315 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 68.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Harper Park Middle
Harper Park Middle's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Park Middle this school | 858 | 34.7% | 77.1% |
| Smart's Mill Middle Leesburg | 885 | 37.9% | 70.6% |
| Bull Run Middle Gainesville | 1,129 | 39.4% | 76.6% |
| Stone Middle Centreville | 718 | 39.0% | 73.3% |
| Twain Middle Alexandria | 1,026 | 35.3% | 74.7% |
| J. Lupton Simpson Middle Leesburg | 874 | 30.1% | 75.4% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harper Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #96 of 337 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #136 of 342 ▼ 6 | #13 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #107 of 342 ▲ 27 | #13 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #126 of 343 | #16 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #162 of 327 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #78 of 333 | #6 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #268 of 340 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #30 of 224 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
-98 (-10%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 1,425
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 858 | 65.5 | 13.1:1 | 35% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 72.7 | 12.1:1 | 32% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 71 | 11.9:1 | 33% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 94 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,093 | 87.7 | 12.5:1 | 20% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 1,052 | 76 | 13.8:1 | 17% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 959 | 54 | 17.8:1 | 17% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 1,425 | 102 | 14.0:1 | 5% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harper Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,093 to 858); teachers down 25% (87.7 to 65.5).
About Harper Park Middle
Among the schools in Leesburg, Virginia, is Harper Park Middle, a medium-sized middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 858 students.
Loudoun County Public Schools is the district for Harper Park Middle. It has 98 schools and 81,486 students.
The most common group at Harper Park Middle is White students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Harper Park Middle operates with 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1. Harper Park Middle reports 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Harper Park Middle is B. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Harper Park Middle, the prediction is 78.7% and the result is 77.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Loudoun County, the median household income is $181,765, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Loudoun County is home to 103 public schools and about 81,486 public school students.
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary is the public school closest to Harper Park Middle, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Harper Park Middle at 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Harper Park Middle's enrollment declined 10%, to 858. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 10.2 in 2020-21.
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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.