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Best High Schools in Zip Code 20105


At a glance
2
Schools
3,881
Students
2
5-star schools
Top rankedLightridge High12th of 331 Virginia high schools
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Biggest riser
John Champe High up 7 spots statewide this year
Summary:

Zip code 20105 (Aldie, VA) is home to two large, high-performing public high schools — Lightridge High and John Champe High — serving a combined 3,881 students in grades 9-12 as part of Loudoun County Public Schools, one of Virginia's top-rated districts. Both schools are ranked in the top 5% of Virginia high schools (12th and 15th out of 331) and have earned 5-star ratings, making this zip code one of the strongest public school areas in the state.

Lightridge High is the higher-ranked school at 12th in Virginia (96th percentile), with an enrollment of 2,030 students. It posts exceptional outcomes: a 99.1% graduation rate, a dropout rate of just 0.4%, chronic absenteeism of 12.4% (better than both the district and state averages), and an average SOL proficiency around 86.7%. Only 10.3% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. John Champe High is nearly identical academically, ranked 15th (95th percentile) with approximately 86.1% SOL proficiency, and it actually tops Lightridge in graduation (99.5%) and dropout rate (0.2%). However, Champe serves a more economically diverse population (22.5% free/reduced-price lunch) and has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3% — above the district's 14.1% and the state's 14.8%.

Both schools are on impressive upward trajectories: Lightridge improved from 33rd to 12th in Virginia over three years, while John Champe jumped from 64th to 15th. A notable academic pattern is the sharp drop in Geometry proficiency from 9th to 10th grade — Lightridge falls from 96.7% to 63.6%, and John Champe from 98.8% to 48.2%. English and Reading proficiency are exceptional at both schools, with 11th-grade Reading at 95.4% and 94.8% respectively. Interestingly, Champe spends about $1,044 more per student ($17,411 vs. $16,367) and has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio (13.4 vs. 14.0), yet Lightridge holds the higher ranking — a reminder that inputs don't always determine outputs. The main areas to watch are Champe's chronic absenteeism and the Grade 10 Geometry slide at both schools.

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