Tuscarora High School (Virginia)

Tuscarora High School is a public high school located in Leesburg, a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. The school opened in the 2010–2011 school year and consists of students from Leesburg and Lucketts.

Tuscarora High School
Address
801 N. King Street

Leesburg
,
Virginia
20176
Coordinates39.1332459°N 77.5599836°W / 39.1332459; -77.5599836
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded2010
School districtLoudoun County Public Schools
PrincipalPamela Croft
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,520 (2018-19)[1]
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Royal Blue, Black, and White      
MascotHusky
NicknameHuskies/Tusky Terror
Communities servedLucketts
Potomac Crossing
Raspberry Falls
Beacon Hill
Feeder schoolsSmart's Mill Middle School
Ball's Bluff Elementary School
Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School
Leesburg Elementary School
Lucketts Elementary School
Kenneth W. Culbert Elementary School
Catoctin Elementary School[2]
Athletic ConferencePotomac District
Websitehttps://www.lcps.org/Tuscarora

History

Tuscarora opened in the fall of 2010. The school was originally planned to open for the 2008–2009 school year, but site acquisition delays caused the school to open two years later than planned. Until the 2012, with the opening of John Champe High School, Tuscarora was the largest high school in Loudoun County with a capacity of 1,800 students. Pamela Croft is the first and current principal at Tuscarora.

Academics

Tuscarora High School is fully accredited. The school received the "accredited with warning" rating in the 2014–2015 school year for achieving below the standard on math benchmarks. This is the second time the school missed full accreditation for failing to meet the 75% pass rate required on state standardized tests. The school received full accreditation in 2016.

Tuscarora offers Dual Enrollment courses through Northern Virginia Community College.

Demographics

The student body makeup is 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 41 percent.[3]

Band

The marching band represented Virginia in the 2015 Pearl Harbor Day Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Tuscarora Marching Band commonly known as the Tuscarora Marching Huskies are 3 time state champions. Their most recent state championship award was received in 2022. Benjamin Williams was the first band director of Tuscarora. The current band director is Mckenzie Durgin. The band is scheduled to play in the 2023 Pearl Harbor Day Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sports

In Fall 2014, the Tuscarora Girls Cross Country team won the first ever state championship for the school. In November 2017, the girls won their 3rd Class 5A State Title in 4 years.[4] Tuscarora's Football team is first in Division 5A in the state of Virginia.[5]

Enrollment history
School YearNumber of Students
2010–20111,097[6]
2011–20121,548[7]
2012–20131,746[8]
2013–20141,910[9]
2022-2023 1,401[10]

References
  1. "LCPS Cluster Enrollment 2018" (PDF). Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  2. "SECONDARY ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR EASTERN LOUDOUN, ASHBURN AND CENTRAL LOUDOUN 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR (SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED DECEMBER 13, 2022)" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. "Tuscarora High School Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. "Tuscarora runs to third title in four years at Class 5 cross-country meet".
  5. "Virginia Football High School Rankings".
  6. "Loudoun County School Board Adopted Fiscal Year 2012 – Fiscal Year 2016 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. "SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED FY 2013 – FY 2018 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  8. "Superintendent's Recommended Fiscal Year 2014–2018 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  9. "Superintendent's Recommended Fiscal Year 2015–2020 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. "LCPS Dashboards-School Profiles". dashboards.lcps.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

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