1
Enrollment
1,334
High
DISTRICT 1,562 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225000923
Loudoun County High
415 Dry Mill Rd SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 · (571) 252-2000 · Loudoun County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,334 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Virginia public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
341 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 300 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 303 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 360 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 371 | 28% |
Student demographics
59%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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
77.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Loudoun County High
Loudoun County High's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loudoun County High this school | 1,334 | 25.6% | 71.6% |
| Jamestown High Williamsburg | 1,243 | 24.9% | 79.0% |
| Fauquier High Warrenton | 1,156 | 29.8% | 71.8% |
| Monticello High Charlottesville | 1,184 | 31.8% | 77.7% |
| Brentsville District High Nokesville | 855 | 25.7% | 72.6% |
| Riverbend High Fredericksburg | 1,913 | 26.4% | 79.6% |
Matched among Virginia high 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 Loudoun County High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #190 of 311 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #207 of 316 ▲ 45 | #11 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #74 of 316 ▼ 40 | #9 of 12 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,334 | #128 of 325 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #58 of 309 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #148 of 309 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #274 of 319 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #70 of 178 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,334
-160 (-11%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 1,334 | 112.4 | 11.9:1 | 26% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 1,406 | 120.8 | 11.6:1 | 23% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 1,533 | 127.5 | 12.0:1 | 26% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 1,494 | 134 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,505 | 121.6 | 12.4:1 | 17% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 1,462 | 116 | 12.6:1 | 15% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 1,409 | 76 | 18.5:1 | 15% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 1,151 | 82 | 14.0:1 | 8% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 69 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loudoun County High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,505 to 1,334); teachers down 8% (121.6 to 112.4).
About Loudoun County High
Loudoun County High is a mid-sized high school in Loudoun County Public Schools, located in Leesburg, Virginia. The school has 1,334 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12.
Loudoun County Public Schools runs 98 schools with a combined 81,486 students. Loudoun County High is one of them.
The share of White students at Loudoun County High is 59%, a majority. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 112.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia is 2.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. The figure for public schools in Loudoun County is close, at 28%.
Loudoun County High earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Virginia public high schools.
Loudoun County High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.6%, compared with a predicted 81.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Loudoun County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 103 public schools in the county, enrolling about 81,486, Loudoun County High among them.
Catoctin Elementary is the nearest public school to Loudoun County High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Loudoun County High, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Loudoun County High is behind the 73.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 1,494 to 1,334.
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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
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- Smart's Mill MiddleMiddle · 885 students
- J. Lupton Simpson MiddleMiddle · 874 students
Nearby schools
- Catoctin Elementary0.3 mi · 601
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.4 mi · 581
- Evergreen Mill Elementary1.4 mi · 569
- J. Lupton Simpson Middle1.5 mi · 874
- Leesburg Elementary1.7 mi · 428
- Tuscarora High1.9 mi · 1,377
Frequently asked questions
About Loudoun County HighHow large is Loudoun County High?
Loudoun County High enrolls approximately 1,334 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Loudoun County High serve?
Loudoun County High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Loudoun County High have?
Loudoun County High employs 112 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Loudoun County High?
Student demographics at Loudoun County High are roughly 59% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Loudoun County High in?
Loudoun County High is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
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