Editing Loudoun County, Virginia (section)

==Education==
The county is served by [[Loudoun County Public Schools]] (LCPS). LCPS serves over 70,000 students from [[kindergarten]] through [[Twelfth grade|12th grade]] and is Virginia's fifth largest school system.<ref>[http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50975427144147/site/default.asp About Loudoun County Public Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209074756/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50975427144147/site/default.asp |date=February 9, 2012 }}, Loudoun County Public Schools</ref><ref>[http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Publications/schcensus/2005/Census2005_sum.htm 2005 Triennial school census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111223027/http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Publications/schcensus/2005/Census2005_sum.htm |date=January 11, 2010 }}, Virginia Department of Education</ref> Loudoun County schools recently ranked 11th in the United States in terms of educational achievement versus funds spent.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/07/05/schools-taxes-education-biz-beltway_cz_cs_0705schools_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708224329/http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/05/schools-taxes-education-biz-beltway_cz_cs_0705schools_2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2007 |title=Best And Worst School Districts For The Buck |access-date=July 17, 2008 |magazine=Forbes |date=July 5, 2007 |first=Christina |last=Settimi}}</ref> Loudoun County also sends students to its [[Loudoun Academy of Science]], formerly housed within [[Dominion High School]] now within the [[Academies of Loudoun]],<ref name="Academy of Science">{{cite web |title=Loudoun County Academy of Science |url=http://lcps.org/aos |website=Loudoun County Public Schools |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819115745/http://lcps.org/aos |archive-date=August 19, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and is eligible to send students to [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]], a [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] [[magnet school]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TJHSST Eligibility Requirements |url=https://www.fcps.edu/registration/thomas-jefferson-admissions/eligibility-requirements |publisher=[[Fairfax County Public Schools]] |access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref>

Loudoun County is home to ten private schools: [[Loudoun Country Day School]], a Pre-K–8 independent school in Leesburg; [[Notre Dame Academy (Middleburg, Virginia)|Notre Dame Academy]], an independent non-denominational day high school in [[Middleburg, Virginia|Middleburg]]; [[Evergreen Christian School]], a private high school near Leesburg; the [[Foxcroft School]], a boarding school for girls located in Middleburg; [[Dominion Academy]], a [[Non-denominational Christian school]], K–8 in Leesburg; Loudoun Classical School, a Protestant classical 7th-12th grade school in Purcellville;<ref>{{cite web |title=Loudoun Classical School |url=http://www.loudounclassicalschool.com |access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> St. Theresa School, a K–8 Roman Catholic school in Ashburn; [[Village Montessori School at Bluemont]], an accredited Pre-K through Elementary Montessori school in Bluemont; [[Christian Faith & Fellowship School]], a PreK–12 non-denominational Christian school and Loudoun County's only private school accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International;{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} and Loudoun School for Advanced Studies (formerly the Ideal Schools High School,) an independent non-denominational school in Ashburn.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In terms of post-secondary education, Loudoun County is home to a variety of colleges and universities, including: [[Patrick Henry College]], a private Christian college; [[Northern Virginia Community College]] in Sterling (branch campus); [[George Washington University]] (satellite campus); [[George Mason University]] (satellite campus); [[Marymount University]] (satellite campus); [[Shenandoah University]] (satellite campus); and [[Strayer University]] (satellite campus).<ref>{{cite news |title=Loudoun Guide 2006: Higher Education at Your Fingertips |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |year=2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/usersguides/loudoun/HighEd.html}}</ref> Loudoun is also home to a satellite campus of the [[Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine]] and the [[Janelia Farm Research Campus]] of the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}