Rock Ridge High

Located at 43460 Loudoun Reserve Drive, in Ashburn, Virginia, Rock Ridge High is an expansive all-grades campus that serves 1,599 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Loudoun County Public Schools. That puts it 91% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 838 students.

Within Loudoun County Public Schools, which oversees 98 schools and 81,486 students, Rock Ridge High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Rock Ridge High reports that the largest single group is Asian at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 18% White, 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 21% of students at Rock Ridge High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Rock Ridge High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.3%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) shows that median household earnings sit near $181,765, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rock Ridge High is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

Rosa Lee Carter Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rock Ridge High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 88.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Rock Ridge High's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,948 (now 1,599). White enrollment moved from 38% to 18% across the same window.

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