| Tuscarora High School | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
| 801 N. King Street Leesburg, Virginia 20176 | |
| Coordinates | 39°08′00″N 77°33′36″W / 39.1332459°N 77.5599836°W / 39.1332459; -77.5599836 |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Founded | 2010 |
| School district | Loudoun County Public Schools |
| Principal | Pamela Croft |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,520 (2018–19) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue, Black, and White |
| Mascot | Husky |
| Nickname | Huskies/Tusky Terror |
| Communities served | Lucketts Potomac Crossing Raspberry Falls Beacon Hill |
| Feeder schools | Smart'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 |
| Athletic Conference | Potomac District |
| Website | Official website  |
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.
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 school year, 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.
Band
The Marching Huskies marching band is renowned statewide for its quality, creativity and precision in competition, in spite of its relative small size. The Tuscarora Marching Band is a four-time state champion, most recently as the VMBC Class 1A champions in 2023. Benjamin Williams was the first band director of Tuscarora. The current band director is McKenzie Durgin. The Marching Huskies band represented Virginia in the 2015 and 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. The Tuscarora Girls Soccer team won the 2023 VHSL Class 4 state championship, the program's first.
Enrollment history
| School Year | Number of Students |
| 2010–2011 | 1,097 |
| 2011–2012 | 1,548 |
| 2012–2013 | 1,746 |
| 2013–2014 | 1,910 |
| 2022–2023 | 1,401 |
Notable alumni
- Fletcher Westphal (2024), college football offensive tackle for the Florida Gators
References
- "LCPS Cluster Enrollment 2018" (PDF). Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- "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.
- "Tuscarora High School Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- Tuscarora Band (2023-10-29). "Introducing your 2023 VMBC Class 1A State Champions!".
- "Durgin, McKenzie - Fine Arts, Band". Archived from the original on 2024-05-09.
- "Tuscarora runs to third title in four years at Class 5 cross-country meet". 14 November 2017.
- Errigo, Michael (2023-06-11). "Tuscarora girls' soccer joyride ends with program's first state title". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- "Loudoun County School Board Adopted Fiscal Year 2012 – Fiscal Year 2016 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- "SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED FY 2013 – FY 2018 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- "Superintendent's Recommended Fiscal Year 2014–2018 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- "Superintendent's Recommended Fiscal Year 2015–2020 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). LCPS. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "LCPS Dashboards-School Profiles". dashboards.lcps.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- Carroll, Brandon (July 10, 2023). "Florida Gators Land Commitment From Coveted OT Fletcher Westphal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
External links
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