| Broad Run High School | |
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| Address | |
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21670 Ashburn Road , , 20147 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Opened | 1969 |
| School board | Loudoun County School Board |
| School district | Loudoun County Public Schools |
| Principal | David Spage |
| Staff | 117 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,589[1] (2022–23) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Nickname | Cornfield High |
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| Athletic Conference | Dulles District 4C North Region |
| Website | www.lcps.org/o/brh |
Broad Run High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Broad Run is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system (LCPS). It was ranked as the #1 Best Public High School in Loudoun County and the #9 Best Public High School in Virginia by U.S. News in 2020.
Originally a rural school serving all of eastern Loudoun County, the growth of the county's population beginning in the mid-1990s has resulted in systematic reduction of Broad Run's attendance area as it spun off eight of the district's high schools from within its original boundaries. Initial surroundings of farm fields have been replaced by housing tracts and the school now possesses one of the most culturally diverse student populations in the region. Broad Run High School is also located in one of the most affluent zip codes and counties in the country with recorded median income of more than $100,000 per household. After a period of high construction in the early 2000s, the number of high schools in the area stayed the same until Briar Woods and Freedom High School opened in 2005, John Champe High school in 2012, Rock Ridge High School in 2014,[2] and Riverside High School completed construction in 2015.[3]
In 1969, Loudoun County opened its third public high school amidst corn fields in Ashburn to accommodate the growing student populations resulting from new housing developments in the unincorporated communities in the eastern half of the county. Since then, the county population has increased nearly sevenfold (most of it in the east), straining education budgets, infrastructure, and local politics.[4] For Ashburn, this has resulted in constantly shifting attendance boundaries as new schools are constantly being opened, at all levels, elementary, middle, and high.[5] The area's student demographics have significantly changed as well: Loudoun County's residents are now the country's most affluent (per capita),[6] and its ethnic composition continues to diversify as foreign immigration into Northern Virginia increases.
Before the 2011–2012 school year, additional lockers were installed due to increases in the school's population.
- ^ "Virginia School Quality Profiles". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Jason S. Rufner (September 7, 2014). "First-year Rock Ridge ready to rise". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Loudoun County Public Schools Riverside High School Attendance Zone" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015.
- ^ Sollinger, Shannon (January 10, 2007). "School boundaries yes, budget no". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ "Students On Waiting List In Fast-Growing Loudoun County". NBC4. September 5, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ Goldstein, Amy; Dan Keating (August 30, 2006). "D.C. Suburbs Top List Of Richest Counties". The Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved January 28, 2007.