Loudoun County Public Schools Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Madisons Trust Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Lincoln Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Waxpool Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A+ Mill Run Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A+ Rosa Lee Carter Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. A+ Brambleton Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
7. A+ Riverside High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. A+ Lightridge High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
9. A+ Freedom High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A+ Independence High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (18)

• A+ Briar Woods High, Ashburn
• A Broad Run High, Ashburn
• A Dominion High, Sterling
• A+ Freedom High, South Riding
• A+ Heritage High, Leesburg
• A+ Independence High, Ashburn
• A+ John Champe High, Aldie
• A+ Lightridge High, Aldie
• A Loudoun County High, Leesburg
• A Loudoun Valley High, Purcellville
• B+ Park View High, Sterling
• A Potomac Falls High, Potomac Falls
• A+ Riverside High, Leesburg
• A+ Rock Ridge High, Ashburn
• A+ Stone Bridge High, Ashburn
• A Tuscarora High, Leesburg
• Wo Robey High, Sterling
• A+ Woodgrove High, Purcellville

Middle and junior high schools (18)

• A+ Belmont Ridge Middle, Leesburg
• A+ Blue Ridge Middle, Purcellville
• A+ Brambleton Middle, Ashburn
• A+ Eagle Ridge Middle, Ashburn
• A+ Farmwell Station Middle, Ashburn
• A Harmony Middle, Hamilton
• A Harper Park Middle, Leesburg
• A J Lupton Simpson Middle, Leesburg
• A+ J Michael Lunsford Middle, Chantilly
• A+ John W Tolbert JR Elementary, Leesburg
• A+ Mercer Middle, Aldie
• A River Bend Middle, Sterling
• B+ Seneca Ridge Middle, Sterling
• B+ Smarts Mill Middle, Leesburg
• C+ Sterling Middle, Sterling
• A+ Stone Hill Middle, Ashburn
• A+ Trailside Middle, Ashburn
• A+ Willard Middle, Aldie

Elementary and primary schools (57)

• A+ Aldie Elementary, Aldie
• A Algonkian Elementary, Sterling
• A Arcola Elementary, Aldie
• A+ Ashburn Elementary, Ashburn
• B+ Balls Bluff Elementary, Leesburg
• B+ Banneker Elementary, Middleburg
• A Belmont Station Elementary, Ashburn
• A+ Buffalo Trail Elementary, Aldie
• A+ Cardinal Ridge Elementary, Centreville
• A- Catoctin Elementary, Leesburg
• A+ Cedar Lane Elementary, Ashburn
• A Cool Spring Elementary, Leesburg
• A Countryside Elementary, Sterling
• A+ Creightons Corner Elementary, Ashburn
• A Discovery Elementary, Ashburn
• A- Dominion Trail Elementary, Ashburn
• A+ Emerick Elementary, Purcellville
• A- Evergreen Mill Elementary, Leesburg
• C+ Forest Grove Elementary, Sterling
• B+ Frances Hazel Reid Elementary, Leesburg
• B Frederick Douglass Elementary, Leesburg
• A+ Goshen Post Elementary, Aldie
• C- Guilford Elementary, Sterling
• A- Hamilton Elementary, Hamilton
• A+ Hillside Elementary, Ashburn
• A Horizon Elementary, Sterling
• Hovatter Elementary, Aldie
• A- Hutchison Farm Elementary, South Riding
• A+ Kenneth Wculbert Elementary, Hamilton
• B- Leesburg Elementary, Leesburg
• A+ Legacy Elementary, Ashburn
• A+ Liberty Elementary, South Riding
• A+ Lincoln Elementary, Purcellville
• A+ Little River Elementary, South Riding
• A- Lovettsville Elementary, Lovettsville
• A+ Lowes Island Elementary, Sterling
• B Lucketts Elementary, Leesburg
• A+ Madisons Trust Elementary, Ashburn
• B Meadowland Elementary, Sterling
• A+ Mill Run Elementary, Ashburn
• A+ Moorefield Station Elementary, Ashburn
• A Mountain View Elementary, Purcellville
• A+ Newton Lee Elementary, Ashburg
• A+ Pinebrook Elementary, Aldie
• B Potowmack Elementary, Sterling
• B Rolling Ridge Elementary, Sterling
• A+ Rosa Lee Carter Elementary, Ashburn
• A Round Hill Elementary, Round Hill
• A Sanders Corner Elementary, Ashburn
• A+ Seldens Landing Elementary, Leesburg
• C Sterling Elementary, Sterling
• A Steuart W Weller Elementary, Ashburn
• C Sugarland Elementary, Sterling
• C Sully Elementary, Sterling
• A+ Sycolin Creek Elementary, Leesburg
• A Waterford Elementary, Waterford
• A+ Waxpool Elementary, Ashburn

Other schools and academies (2)

• A+ Hillsboro Charter Academy, Purcellville
• A Middleburg Community Charter, Middleburg

Cities and towns served (13)

• Ashburn (25)
• Leesburg (19)
• Sterling (18)
• Aldie (10)
• Purcellville (7)
• South Riding (4)
• Hamilton (3)
• Middleburg (2)
• Centreville (1)
• Chantilly (1)
• Lovettsville (1)
• Round Hill (1)
• Waterford (1)

• State: Best schools in Virginia
• County: Loudoun County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 81,636 students with 6,630 full-time-equivalent teachers and 13,168 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5102250
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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