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What advice would you give to incoming students at ROCK RIDGE HIGH?
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Enrollment
1,599
Combined
DISTRICT 1,493 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002969
Rock Ridge High
43460 Loudoun Reserve Drive, Ashburn, VA 20148 · (703) 996-2100 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,599 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
338 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 392 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 408 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 402 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 379 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Rock Ridge High
Rock Ridge High's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ridge High this school | 1,599 | 21.1% | 79.1% |
| Heritage High Leesburg | 1,475 | 36.7% | 73.4% |
| Woodgrove High Purcellville | 1,562 | 12.7% | 80.9% |
| Tuscarora High Leesburg | 1,377 | 38.5% | 77.3% |
| Dominion High Sterling | 1,453 | 49.6% | 71.6% |
| Spotsylvania High Spotsylvania | 1,394 | 63.5% | 73.0% |
Matched among Virginia K-12 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 Rock Ridge High ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,599 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
1,599
+195 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,599 | 114 | 14.0:1 | 21% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 1,535 | 111.1 | 13.8:1 | 20% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 1,451 | 99.5 | 14.6:1 | 20% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 1,404 | 96 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,948 | 134.4 | 14.5:1 | 12% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 1,332 | 87 | 15.3:1 | 13% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Ridge High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,948 to 1,599); teachers down 15% (134.4 to 114).
About Rock Ridge High
Rock Ridge High is a large combined-grade school in Loudoun County Public Schools, located in Ashburn, Virginia. The school serves 1,599 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, combined schools in Virginia average about 838 students.
Rock Ridge High falls under Loudoun County Public Schools, which has 98 schools enrolling 81,486 students.
At Rock Ridge High, Asian students make up 54% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% White, 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 33 points above the 22% share among Loudoun County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1 at Rock Ridge High, with 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 15.8:1 average for combined schools in Virginia. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 21%.
A school with Rock Ridge High's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 82.3%. Rock Ridge High scores 79.1%, 3.2 points below that line.
In Loudoun County (population about 432,998), the median household income is $181,765, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Rock Ridge High is one of 103 public schools in the county.
Rosa Lee Carter Elementary is the public school closest to Rock Ridge High, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Rock Ridge High ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 79.1% versus an 88.2% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, 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, Rock Ridge High's enrollment grew 14%, to 1,599.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Ashburn
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- Stone Bridge HighHigh · 1,629 students
- Broad Run HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Eagle Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,258 students
- Brambleton MiddleMiddle · 1,164 students
Other Rock Ridge High schools
One other US public school is named Rock Ridge High. Rock Ridge High is the largest of the 2.
- Rock Ridge High SchoolVIRGINIA, MN · 1,048 students
Nearby schools
- Rosa Lee Carter Elementary0.2 mi · 792
- Stone Hill Middle0.9 mi · 1,146
- Legacy Elementary1.4 mi · 627
- Moorefield Station Elementary1.5 mi · 963
- Creighton's Corner Elementary1.6 mi · 824
- Briar Woods High1.9 mi · 1,862
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Ridge HighWhat is the total enrollment at Rock Ridge High?
Rock Ridge High enrolls approximately 1,599 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Rock Ridge High serve?
Rock Ridge High serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Rock Ridge High have?
Rock Ridge High employs 114 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Ridge High?
Student demographics at Rock Ridge High are roughly 18% White, 9% Hispanic, 13% Black, 54% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rock Ridge High public or private?
Rock Ridge High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.