Independence High

Independence High is a heavily attended secondary school in Ashburn, Virginia, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools. The school caters to 2,166 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Independence High sits 79% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 98 schools in Loudoun County Public Schools (81,486 students total), Independence High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Independence High reports that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 38% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 151 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Independence High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.2%, the actual is 83.9%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Loudoun County shows the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Loudoun County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), of which Independence High is one.

The closest other public school is Brambleton Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Independence High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 87.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

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