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2018-10-25 14 59 29 View east along Virginia State Route 267 (Dulles Greenway) at Exit 7 (Virginia State Route 607-Loudoun County Parkway) in Moorefield Station, Loudoun County, VirginiaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Schools in Moorefield · Loudoun County Public Schools

Moorefield’s public schools outscore 88% of Virginia districts

Math proficiency in Moorefield’s districts is 64%, above the Virginia average (54%). The grade covers the public school district serving Moorefield, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Virginia, not nationally.

#19of 250 Virginia townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Virginia state tests taken in spring 2021, when about 7 in 10 of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Math proficiency
64%
▲ 10 pts vs VA 54%
2020–21
Graduate on time
94%
▲ 5 pts vs VA 89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.2K
▲ 24% vs VA $17.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.5
VA 13.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
80,387 students on the public path
In brief

Moorefield’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 70 Virginia towns with household incomes within a quarter of Moorefield’s, its schools beat 77%, lower than their 88% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $21,242 per student, against $17,169 across Virginia (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

64 elementary schools, then 23 middle and 18 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Primrose School at Moorefield Station (private) is in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Moorefield’s grade

A− Test scoresA Graduation

A: better than 88% of Virginia school districts, #19 of 250 Virginia towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Virginia average; graduation is the stronger of the two.

Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 88%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (70)Better than 77%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 30,798 test results and a graduating class of 6,704 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2021, when about 7 in 10 of Moorefield’s students in the tested grades sat them (30,798 students).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Moorefield, with each school’s own grade.

64 schools teach K in Moorefield’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to A+, so check the specific school.
Rock Ridge High
Grades PK–12 · Ashburn
A
1,599 students14:1Rate it →
Woodgrove High
Grades PK–12 · Purcellville
A−
1,562 students13:1Rate it →
Heritage High
Grades PK–12 · Leesburg
A−
1,475 students11:1Rate it →
Dominion High
Grades PK–12 · Sterling
B−
1,453 students11:1Rate it →
Tuscarora High
Grades PK–12 · Leesburg
B
1,377 students11:1Rate it →
Madison's Trust Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
1,004 students15:1Rate it →
Moorefield Station Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
963 students13:1Rate it →
Goshen Post Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A
851 students13:1Rate it →
Cardinal Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Centreville
A−
834 students14:1Rate it →
Creighton's Corner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
824 students13:1Rate it →
Liberty Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
A
813 students13:1Rate it →
Rosa Lee Carter Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
792 students13:1Rate it →
Henrietta Lacks Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Aldie
780 students14:1Rate it →
Buffalo Trail Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
756 students13:1Rate it →
Elaine E. Thompson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
756 students12:1Rate it →
Arcola Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
748 students12:1Rate it →
Steuart W. Weller Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
B+
710 students13:1Rate it →
Cedar Lane Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
701 students12:1Rate it →
Little River Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
A
701 students13:1Rate it →
Pinebrook Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
699 students13:1Rate it →
Waxpool Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
678 students14:1Rate it →
Hutchison Farm Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
B−
672 students13:1Rate it →
Hillside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
656 students14:1Rate it →
Mountain View Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
B−
649 students11:1Rate it →
Countryside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
B
648 students11:1Rate it →
Frances Hazel Reid Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C
647 students11:1Rate it →
Discovery Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
639 students12:1Rate it →
Mill Run Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
636 students13:1Rate it →
Legacy Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
627 students13:1Rate it →
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A
617 students13:1Rate it →
Belmont Station Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
605 students12:1Rate it →
Catoctin Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
601 students12:1Rate it →
Cool Spring Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
591 students11:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C−
581 students11:1Rate it →
Evergreen Mill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
569 students13:1Rate it →
Potowmack Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C+
568 students11:1Rate it →
Dominion Trail Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
B−
566 students11:1Rate it →
Rolling Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C
562 students10:1Rate it →
Forest Grove Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C−
529 students10:1Rate it →
Lowes Island Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
A+
528 students13:1Rate it →
Round Hill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Round Hill
A−
521 students11:1Rate it →
Ashburn Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
513 students12:1Rate it →
Lovettsville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lovettsville
B−
510 students12:1Rate it →
Horizon Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
B+
510 students12:1Rate it →
Seldens Landing Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A−
508 students14:1Rate it →
Newton-Lee Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburg
A
505 students12:1Rate it →
Guilford Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
504 students9:1Rate it →
Sanders Corner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
503 students13:1Rate it →
Sugarland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C−
502 students9:1Rate it →
Sully Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
476 students9:1Rate it →
Ball's Bluff Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C+
465 students12:1Rate it →
Algonkian Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
A−
457 students12:1Rate it →
Sycolin Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A−
452 students12:1Rate it →
Sterling Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
430 students10:1Rate it →
Leesburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C
428 students10:1Rate it →
Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hamilton
A−
417 students11:1Rate it →
Emerick Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
A+
416 students13:1Rate it →
Meadowland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C+
403 students10:1Rate it →
Waterford Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waterford
A−
243 students12:1Rate it →
Lucketts Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
242 students11:1Rate it →
Hamilton Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hamilton
B+
170 students9:1Rate it →
Banneker Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Middleburg
B−
139 students8:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
A+
91 students8:1Rate it →
Aldie Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A
90 students8:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–564 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to A+
6–823 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to A
9–1218 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A

Moorefield’s public schools are run by Loudoun County Public Schools, which also serves Hamilton, Hillsboro, Leesburg and Lovettsville and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Loudoun County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 98 schools · 81,486 students · 12.5 per teacher (VA 13.9)
$21,242VA $17,169 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math64%
State average 54.4% · 30798 students tested

Moorefield vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Virginia towns that share Moorefield’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
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Every school in Moorefield

96 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Virginia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Moorefieldin other towns
Rock Ridge High
Grades PK–12 · Ashburn
A
1,599 students14:1Rate it →
Woodgrove High
Grades PK–12 · Purcellville
A−
1,562 students13:1Rate it →
Heritage High
Grades PK–12 · Leesburg
A−
1,475 students11:1Rate it →
Dominion High
Grades PK–12 · Sterling
B−
1,453 students11:1Rate it →
Tuscarora High
Grades PK–12 · Leesburg
B
1,377 students11:1Rate it →
Madison's Trust Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
1,004 students15:1Rate it →
Moorefield Station Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
963 students13:1Rate it →
Goshen Post Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A
851 students13:1Rate it →
Cardinal Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Centreville
A−
834 students14:1Rate it →
Creighton's Corner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
824 students13:1Rate it →
Liberty Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
A
813 students13:1Rate it →
Rosa Lee Carter Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
792 students13:1Rate it →
Henrietta Lacks Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Aldie
780 students14:1Rate it →
Buffalo Trail Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
756 students13:1Rate it →
Elaine E. Thompson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
756 students12:1Rate it →
Arcola Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
748 students12:1Rate it →
Steuart W. Weller Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
B+
710 students13:1Rate it →
Cedar Lane Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A
701 students12:1Rate it →
Little River Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
A
701 students13:1Rate it →
Pinebrook Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A−
699 students13:1Rate it →
Waxpool Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
678 students14:1Rate it →
Hutchison Farm Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · South Riding
B−
672 students13:1Rate it →
Hillside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
656 students14:1Rate it →
Mountain View Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
B−
649 students11:1Rate it →
Countryside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
B
648 students11:1Rate it →
Frances Hazel Reid Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C
647 students11:1Rate it →
Discovery Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
639 students12:1Rate it →
Mill Run Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
636 students13:1Rate it →
Legacy Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A+
627 students13:1Rate it →
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A
617 students13:1Rate it →
Belmont Station Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
605 students12:1Rate it →
Catoctin Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
601 students12:1Rate it →
Cool Spring Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
591 students11:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C−
581 students11:1Rate it →
Evergreen Mill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
569 students13:1Rate it →
Potowmack Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C+
568 students11:1Rate it →
Dominion Trail Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
B−
566 students11:1Rate it →
Rolling Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C
562 students10:1Rate it →
Forest Grove Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C−
529 students10:1Rate it →
Lowes Island Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
A+
528 students13:1Rate it →
Round Hill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Round Hill
A−
521 students11:1Rate it →
Ashburn Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
513 students12:1Rate it →
Lovettsville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lovettsville
B−
510 students12:1Rate it →
Horizon Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
B+
510 students12:1Rate it →
Seldens Landing Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A−
508 students14:1Rate it →
Newton-Lee Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburg
A
505 students12:1Rate it →
Guilford Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
504 students9:1Rate it →
Sanders Corner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ashburn
A−
503 students13:1Rate it →
Sugarland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C−
502 students9:1Rate it →
Sully Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
476 students9:1Rate it →
Ball's Bluff Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C+
465 students12:1Rate it →
Algonkian Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
A−
457 students12:1Rate it →
Sycolin Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
A−
452 students12:1Rate it →
Sterling Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
D
430 students10:1Rate it →
Leesburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
C
428 students10:1Rate it →
Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hamilton
A−
417 students11:1Rate it →
Emerick Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
A+
416 students13:1Rate it →
Meadowland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sterling
C+
403 students10:1Rate it →
Waterford Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waterford
A−
243 students12:1Rate it →
Lucketts Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leesburg
B−
242 students11:1Rate it →
Hamilton Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hamilton
B+
170 students9:1Rate it →
Banneker Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Middleburg
B−
139 students8:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Purcellville
A+
91 students8:1Rate it →
Aldie Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aldie
A
90 students8:1Rate it →
Willard Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Aldie
A−
1,684 students15:1Rate it →
Mercer Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Aldie
A−
1,459 students14:1Rate it →
Eagle Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Ashburn
A
1,258 students14:1Rate it →
J. Michael Lunsford Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Chantilly
A−
1,182 students15:1Rate it →
Stone Hill Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Ashburn
A
1,146 students15:1Rate it →
River Bend Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sterling
B−
1,137 students11:1Rate it →
Trailside Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Ashburn
B+
1,131 students13:1Rate it →
Harmony Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hamilton
B−
1,115 students12:1Rate it →
Belmont Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leesburg
A−
1,071 students14:1Rate it →
Farmwell Station Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Ashburn
A−
981 students14:1Rate it →
Sterling Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sterling
D
967 students10:1Rate it →
Smart's Mill Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leesburg
C
885 students12:1Rate it →
J. Lupton Simpson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leesburg
C+
874 students12:1Rate it →
Seneca Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sterling
C
862 students11:1Rate it →
Harper Park Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leesburg
B−
858 students13:1Rate it →
Blue Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Purcellville
B
714 students12:1Rate it →
Watson Mountain Middle
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Leesburg
533 students12:1Rate it →
Brambleton Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Ashburn
A
1,164 students15:1Rate it →
Independence High
High · Grades 9–12 · Ashburn
A
2,166 students14:1Rate it →
Lightridge High
High · Grades 9–12 · Aldie
A
2,030 students14:1Rate it →
Freedom High
High · Grades 9–12 · South Riding
A
1,885 students13:1Rate it →
Briar Woods High
High · Grades 9–12 · Ashburn
A−
1,862 students14:1Rate it →
John Champe High
High · Grades 9–12 · Aldie
A
1,851 students13:1Rate it →
Riverside High
High · Grades 9–12 · Leesburg
A
1,710 students13:1Rate it →
Potomac Falls High
High · Grades 9–12 · Potomac Falls
A−
1,662 students12:1Rate it →
Stone Bridge High
High · Grades 9–12 · Ashburn
A−
1,629 students13:1Rate it →
Broad Run High
High · Grades 9–12 · Ashburn
B
1,558 students13:1Rate it →
Park View High
High · Grades 9–12 · Sterling
C+
1,409 students10:1Rate it →
Loudoun County High
High · Grades 9–12 · Leesburg
B+
1,334 students12:1Rate it →
Loudoun Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Purcellville
A
1,149 students11:1Rate it →
W.O. Robey High
High · Grades 9–12 · Sterling
59 students4:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Primrose School at Moorefield Station
Elementary · Grades K · Ashburn
Private · Nonsectarian
25 students25:1Rate it →

Questions about Moorefield’s schools

Are Moorefield’s schools good?

By Virginia’s own tests, yes: the public schools Moorefield children attend outscore 88% of Virginia’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #19 of 250 Virginia towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 77%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Moorefield in?

Loudoun County Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 81,486 students in 98 schools (2024–25).

Where do Moorefield kids go to high school?

One of 18 high schools, depending on your address: Independence High, Lightridge High, Freedom High, Briar Woods High, John Champe High, Riverside High, Potomac Falls High, Stone Bridge High, Rock Ridge High, Woodgrove High, Broad Run High, Heritage High, Dominion High, Park View High, Tuscarora High, Loudoun County High, Loudoun Valley High and W.O. Robey High.

What is Moorefield’s graduation rate?

94% of the class of 2023 in Loudoun County Public Schools graduated in four years, against 89% across Virginia.

How much does Moorefield spend per student?

$21,242 in Loudoun County Public Schools (FY2024), against $17,169 across Virginia. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

Are there private schools in Moorefield?

Yes: Primrose School at Moorefield Station (nonsectarian, grades K, 25 students).

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.