Eagle Ridge Middle School, 42901 Waxpool Road: grades 6-8, 1,166 students in fall 2025, rated Distinguished by the state. Office: 571-252-2140.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Eagle Ridge Middle School, Loudoun County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers.
Eagle Ridge Middle School, at 42901 Waxpool Road, serves grades 6 to 8 and feeds Briar Woods High School. It is one of five Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) middle schools with an Ashburn address.
Who to call
- Front office: 571-252-2140, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Attendance: Attendance requests go through ParentVUE
- Enrolling a new student: LCPS Registration Services, 571-252-2490, and online pre-registration
- Which school serves an address: LCPS Planning and GIS Services, 571-252-1050, or the LABEL address lookup
- Buses: LCPS Transportation, 571-252-1700, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (transportation page)
- LCPS central office: 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, 571-252-1000
| Address | 42901 Waxpool Road, Ashburn, VA 20148 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| Main phone | 571-252-2140 |
| School day | 8:30 a.m. to 3:18 p.m. |
| Website | lcps.org/o/erm |
| School division | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Scott Phillips, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 1,166 students in fall 2025, compared with 1,259 in 2024 and 1,279 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 1,277 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
State report card
Virginia rates each school two ways on its School Quality Profile. Accreditation shows whether the state has approved the evidence the Standards of Accreditation require. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support, as listed in the LCPS division summary.
- Accreditation, 2025-26: Fully Accredited
- Framework score: 97.67, rated Distinguished, in the division summary
Standards of Learning pass rates (grades 6 to 8, share of tested students who passed), from the School Quality Profile:
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Math | 91% | 93% | 93% |
| Science | 85% | 90% | 86% |
The full profile also reports attendance, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone
Every address in the Eagle Ridge Middle zone goes on to Briar Woods High. The elementary zones inside it, by share of the middle school zone’s 6,634 county address points: Waxpool Elementary (38%), Mill Run Elementary (37%) and Hillside Elementary (25%).
Check one address in the LCPS LABEL lookup or on the division’s 2026-27 zone maps, or call Planning and GIS Services at 571-252-1050. Our neighborhoods guide lists the zoned schools for each Ashburn community.
How we checked: we matched Loudoun County’s 140,707 address points against LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers. LCPS does not publish a feeder list, so the feeder lines and shares are our count; the zone lines are the division’s own.
Calendar and bell times
From the 2026-27 LCPS calendar the School Board adopted:
- Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30: no school for students
- Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3: no school (Election Day is Nov. 3)
- Monday, Nov. 9: holiday
- Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; classes resume Monday, Jan. 4
- March 22-26: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day of school
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:18 p.m., according to the school’s website (bell schedules).
More on Ashburn schools
- The school’s own page: lcps.org/o/erm
- The state’s School Quality Profile for Eagle Ridge Middle
- Every public school in Ashburn, with zones and state ratings
- Our Ashburn schools guide for the calendar, registration and the School Board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Eagle Ridge Middle School serve?
Grades 6 through 8. The state counted 1,166 students in fall 2025.
How is Eagle Ridge Middle School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 97.67 and is rated Distinguished.
Which high school does Eagle Ridge Middle School feed into?
All of it goes to Briar Woods High. Elementary zones in the middle school zone: Waxpool, Mill Run and Hillside.
What time does Eagle Ridge Middle School start?
Classes start at 8:30 a.m.; the school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:18 p.m., according to the school’s website.
Who is the principal of Eagle Ridge Middle School?
Scott Phillips, according to the school’s website.
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