News: Loudoun Graduates 95.1% of Students on Time

(Oct. 25, 2012) - Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) had an on-time graduation rate of 95.1 percent for the Class of 2012, 7.1 percent above the state average. (On-time graduates complete high school in four years.)


All of Loudoun’s high schools had a graduation rate at or above the state average according to a report released Tuesday, October 23rd, by the Virginia Department of Education. In an addition, LCPS bested the state graduation average in 11 of 13 subgroups.

Of Virginia’s 323 high schools and schools with graduating classes, 181 achieved graduation rates higher than the state rate of 88 percent and 142 were lower. Sixty-two school divisions had graduation rates higher than the state’s, and 69 divisions had graduation rates that were lower.

LCPS graduation rates by high school are:
• Briar Woods High School, 97.5 percent
• Broad Run High School, 97.4 percent
• Dominion High School, 90.9 percent
• Freedom High School, 98 percent
• Heritage High School, 90.3 percent
• Loudoun County High School, 96.2 percent
• Loudoun Valley High School, 95.9 percent
• Park View High School, 88 percent
• Potomac Falls High School, 97.5 percent
• Stone Bridge High School, 97.9 percent
• Tuscarora High School, 90.2 percent
• Woodgrove High School, 97.5 percent
Statewide 55 percent of students earned an Advanced Studies Diploma. Of Loudoun’s 4,222 graduates, 2,928 (69.3 percent) earned an Advanced Studies Diploma.

The LCPS graduation rate ranked ninth out of Virginia’s 131 school divisions. Loudoun had the highest graduation rate among the state’s large school divisions. The school divisions ahead of LCPS in overall graduation rate were Highland County (100 percent, 22 graduates); Clarke County (98.9 percent, 185 graduates); Bath County (98.9 percent, 67 graduates); West Point (98.4 percent, 61 graduates); Matthews County (97.9 percent, 97 graduates); Norton City (97.6 percent, 82 graduates); Page County (97.2 percent, 289 graduates); and Falls Church City (97.1 percent, 174 graduates).

Virginia’s statewide dropout rate was 6.5 percent for the Class of 2012. Loudoun’s dropout rate was 3 percent.

Among state subgroups, this is how Loudoun County fared: 
Subgroup State% Graduated LCPS% Graduated
All Students 88.0% 95.1%
Female 90.6% 96.6%
Male 85.5% 93.7%
Black 82.7% 93.7%
Hispanic 80.9% 84.8%
White 90.8% 97.5%
Asian 94.8% 96.9%
American Indian 82.5% 76.9%
Two or more races 92.1% 97.3%
Students with Disabilities 84.9% 95.4%
Economically Disadvantaged 81.7% 88.3%
Limited English 78.7% 73.9%
Homeless 72.1% 75.7%