Planning & GIS Services

Fall 2022 - Secondary School Attendance Zone Process  

December 13, 2022 School Board Adopted Secondary School Attendance Zone Plan

On December 13, 2022, the Loudoun County School Board adopted changes to certain Eastern Loudoun, Ashburn and Central Loudoun middle and high school attendance zones.  The attendance zone changes will take effect in fall 2023, with the start of the 2023-2024 school year.  Individual middle school and high school attendance zone maps have also been updated to reflect the adopted changes for the 2023-2024 school year. 

Attendance zone changes were adopted for the following areas:

• Secondary school students living in Planning Zones EL36.1 and EL36.2 (including the Kincora community) will be zoned to Belmont Ridge Middle School and Riverside High School beginning fall 2023.
• Secondary school students living in Planning Zones CL32 and CL32.2 (including the Oaklawn community) and Planning Zone CL32.1 (including the East Stratford and Stratford Club communities) will be zoned to Harper Park Middle School and Heritage High School beginning fall 2023.
• Secondary school students living in Planning Zone CL06 (including the Colts Run, Ketocktin Farm Estates, Roxbury Heights and Shenstone communities) and Planning Zone CL24 (including the Church & Market, Crescent Place and King Street Station communities) will be zoned to Smart's Mill Middle School and Tuscarora High School beginning fall 2023.
• Planning zone DN10.2, which has no resident LCPS students, will be zoned to Trailside Middle School and Stone Bridge High School beginning fall 2023.

No changes were made to the current Seneca Ridge Middle School/Dominion High School, River Bend Middle School/Potomac Falls High School and Farmwell Station Middle School/Broad Run High School attendance zones.

If you are not sure what LCPS planning zone you reside in, use the LCPS Attendance Boundary E-Listing for your home address and select 'Current School Year.'

School Board Policy 8160, Exceptions to School Assignment Due To Attendance Zone Change, does provide options for rising grade eight students who will be assigned to another middle school in the fall, as well as rising juniors and rising seniors who will be assigned to another high school in the fall, to potentially remain at their currently zoned school.  More information will be sent directly to the identified families in mid-January 2023 from LCPS Planning & GIS Services staff.

Send an email with any questions about the adopted middle and high school attendance zone changes.  

Information on the Secondary School Attendance Zone Change Process for Eastern Loudoun, Ashburn & Central Loudoun 

School Board Meeting Calendar - Secondary School Attendance Zone Change Process   

September 2022 Parent Letter - Secondary School Attendance Zone Process  Spanish  Arabic  Farsi

September 18, 2022 Blackboard Connect Message - Secondary School Attendance Zone Process

Frequently Asked Questions - Secondary School Attendance Zone Change Process

School Board Q&A - Submitted Questions Not Asked During Advertised Secondary School Attendance Zone Meetings

Q&A - Submitted Questions During the Secondary School Attendance Zone Change Process

      Send an email with any questions and/or comments on the attendance zone change process.

LCPS: Changing School Attendance Zones (YouTube, September 2020 Posting)

Attendance Zone Plans Under Active Consideration by the School Board, as of November 18, 2022 

The School Board is scheduled to adopt secondary school attendance zone changes on December 13, 2022.  Any adopted attendance zone changes will take effect in fall 2023, with the start of the 2023-2024 school year.  At the December 13 School Board meeting, the Board will entertain motions for adoption and/or modification to a plan under active consideration by the School Board.  Any effort to bring another plan before the Board will require a suspension of the rules and the requisite two-thirds vote of the School Board members present in order to do so; however, motions to amend a plan may be entertained when the issue is taken up as an Action Item on December 13 and can be adopted with a simple majority vote.

• Staff Long Range Plan with Rationale - October 13, 2022
• Beatty Plan 577 with Rationale - November 18, 2022
• Beatty Plan 860 with Rationale - November 18, 2022
• Morse Plan with Rationale - November 18, 2022
• Mahedavi Plan 700 with Rationale - November 18, 2022

Fall 2022 - Secondary School Attendance Zone Plans Under Active Consideration

Tracking Chart for Plans Under Active Consideration, as of November 21, 2022  

      December 8, 2022 Supplemental to Tracking Chart for Plans Under Active Consideration

School Board Attendance Zone Meetings 

October 13, 2022 School Board Attendance Zone Overview

• Staff - Long Range Plan, October 13, 2022     

October 18, 2022 School Board Briefing & Public Hearing

• Reaser Plan, October 18, 2022
• Reaser Plan 2, October 18, 2022

November 1, 2022 School Board Work Session

• Beatty Plan / 237, October 19, 2022
• Hoyler Plan, October 21, 2022
• Hoyler Plan 2, October 21, 2022
• Hoyler Plan 3, October 31, 2022

November 9, 2022 School Board Briefing & Public Hearing

• Mahedavi Plan, November 2, 2022  
• Plan Tracking Chart, as of November 2, 2022   

November 14, 2022 School Board Work Session

November 29, 2022 School Board Meeting (Information Item:  Secondary School Attendance Zones)

December 6, 2022 School Board Briefing & Public Hearing

December 13, 2022 School Board Meeting (Action Item:  Secondary School Attendance Zones)

Maps & Data

AB = Ashburn Planning District     CL = Central Loudoun Planning District     EL = Eastern Loudoun Planning District 

2022-2023 AB/CL/EL Secondary School Attendance Zone Map

2022-2023 AB/CL/EL Secondary School Attendance Zone Map w/ Elementary School Attendance Zones

How Do I Determine My Planning Zone?  

• LCPS Attendance Boundary E-Listing

Planning Zone Data - Resident Student Counts & Six-Year Enrollment Projections

• 2022-2023 Resident Student Counts by Planning Zone (pdf)
• Six-Year Enrollment Projections by Planning Zone (pdf)
• Planning Sheet with 2022-2023 Resident Student Counts & Six-Year Enrollment Projections (.xls)

2022-2023 Secondary School Planning Zone & Residential Development Maps

• Ashburn (AB) Planning District Maps
• Central Loudoun (CL) Planning Maps
• Eastern Loudoun (EL) Planning District Maps

2022-2023 Secondary School Planning Zone & Walk Zone Maps

• Ashburn (AB) Planning District Maps
• Central Loudoun (CL) Planning District Maps
• Eastern Loudoun (EL) Planning District Maps

LCPS Planning & GIS Services Map Gallery

LCPS-Virginia Tech Partnership:  Redistrict

Virginia Tech's Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics is a research and educational unit that focuses on using big data science to address, inform and solve complex projects.  

Virginia Tech graduate students have developed a data platform (Redistrict) for public use during this Eastern Loudoun, Ashburn and Central Loudoun area secondary school attendance zone change process; the site will provide the same data posted on this webpage, including student counts by planning zone and school capacity information.

With Redistrict, users can understand how proposed changes affect people in each neighborhood, create and share plans and/or ideas with others during the process, as well as review and comment on plans prepared by neighbors and other participants. 

The goal of Redistrict is to provide users with an in-depth analysis of the data with the expectation that by informing parents and community members of considerations and other demands during the planning process, the public will have a more clear understanding of the attendance zone plans being reviewed and discussed by the Loudoun County School Board.

How to Use Redistrict

http://redistrict.cs.vt.edu  

School Board Policies & Regulations

School Board Policy & Regulation 6530, Changing School Attendance Zones

School Board Policy 8160, Exceptions to School Assignment Due To Attendance Zone Change

School Board Policy & Regulation 8155, School Assignment

School Board Policy 5080, Class Sizes

School Board Policy & Regulation 6210, Student Transportation

School Board Policy 2520, Participation by the Public