Broad Run High School

{{short description|Public high school in Virginia, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Broad Run High School | image = Broad Run HS Ashburn VA 20147 ext1.JPG | image_size = 200px | address = 21670 Ashburn Road | city = Ashburn | county = Loudoun County | state = Virginia | zipcode = 20147 | website = [https://www.lcps.org/o/brh www.lcps.org/o/brh] | school_board = Loudoun County School Board | district = Loudoun County Public Schools | principal = David Spage | staff = 117 | type = Public | schooltype = high school | grades = 9–12 | language = English | communities = {{unbulleted list|Ashburn Village|Farmwell Hunt|Flynn's Crossing||Ashbrook Village}} | feeder_schools = {{unbulleted list|Farmwell Station Middle School|Ashburn Elementary School|Discovery Elementary School|Dominion Trail Elementary School}} | rivals = {{unbulleted list|Stone Bridge High School|Riverside High School}} | campus = Suburban | mascot = Spartan | nickname = Cornfield High | colors = {{Color box|Maroon|border=darkgray}} Maroon and {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Gold | established = | opened = 1969 | enrollment = 1,562<ref>{{cite web|title=Virginia School Quality Profiles|url=https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/broad-run-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-enrollment|access-date=December 12, 2025}}</ref> | enrollment_as_of = 2024-2025 | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = Athletic Conference | free_text3 = Dulles District <br /> 4C North Region }}

'''Broad Run High School''' is a public secondary school in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Broad Run is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) system. It was ranked as the #8 Best Public High School in Loudoun County and #51 in Virginia by U.S. News in 2025.

In 1969, Loudoun County opened its third public high school amidst corn fields in Ashburn to accommodate the growing student populations resulting from new housing developments in the unincorporated communities in the eastern half of the county. Since then, the county population has increased more than twelvefold (most of it in the east), straining education budgets, infrastructure, and local politics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sollinger |first=Shannon |date=January 10, 2007 |title=School boundaries yes, budget no |url=http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=17692714&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035232/http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=17692714&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=January 28, 2007 |work=Loudoun Times-Mirror}}</ref> For Ashburn, this has resulted in constantly shifting attendance boundaries, as new schools are frequently being opened at all levels: elementary, middle, and high.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 5, 2006 |title=Students On Waiting List In Fast-Growing Loudoun County |url=http://www.nbc4.com/education/9791377/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005621/http://www.nbc4.com/education/9791377/detail.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=January 28, 2007 |publisher=NBC4}}</ref>

Broad Run initially served all of eastern Loudoun County's population; however, since the mid-1990s, its attendance area has steadily shrunk, as numerous new high schools have been built to accommodate the county's rapid population growth driven by the tech boom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Ramona |date=2024-12-23 |title=25 Years Ago, Y2K was the Spark that Ignited a Tech Revolution in Loudoun |url=https://biz.loudoun.gov/2024/12/23/25-years-ago-y2k-was-the-spark-that-ignited-a-tech-revolution-in-loudoun/ |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=Loudoun County Economic Development, VA |language=en-US}}</ref> While Loudoun County's population continues to grow, enrollment in LCPS peaked in 2019 and has since declined.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Patrick |date=2025-09-19 |title=Loudoun School Enrollment on Pace to Be Lowest Since 2016 |url=https://www.loudounnow.com/news/loudoun-school-enrollment-on-pace-to-be-lowest-since-2016/article_6d5d8a04-e0ea-40da-880f-c346992f36e3.html |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=LoudounNow.com |language=en}}</ref> As a result, new school construction has closed, with Lightridge High School (opened in 2020) being the most recent school to reduce Broad Run's attendance area, and no additional high schools scheduled to open in LCPS until 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Patrick |date=2025-08-13 |title=School Board Awards $202M Contract for New High School |url=https://www.loudounnow.com/news/education/school-board-awards-202m-contract-for-new-high-school/article_fe60897a-eed1-4f03-8188-a86679786a28.html |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=LoudounNow.com |language=en}}</ref>

The area's student demographics have significantly changed as well: Loudoun County's residents are now the country's most affluent (per capita),<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Amy |author2=Dan Keating |date=August 30, 2006 |title=D.C. Suburbs Top List Of Richest Counties |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901543.html |access-date=January 28, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=A01}}</ref> and its ethnic composition continues to diversify as foreign immigration into Northern Virginia increases. Broad Run High School is also located in one of the most affluent zip codes in the country, with a recorded median income of exceeding $160,000 per household as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=20147 Virginia Income Statistics {{!}} Current Census Data for Zip Codes |url=https://www.incomebyzipcode.com/virginia/20147 |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=www.incomebyzipcode.com}}</ref>

==History== Public education in Ashburn predates Broad Run's debut in 1969. In 1892, a school for Black Americans was built in Old Ashburn. At a cost of $6,000, a separate school, known as Ashburn High School, was built for both elementary and high school white students in 1911. It was a four-room wood-frame schoolhouse; additions to the original structure were made in 1922, 1930, and 1934. The school served white Ashburn students until February 14, 1944, when the entire building was destroyed by fire. Its replacement, an elementary-only brick structure, was constructed in 1945 and is still in use. Known as the Ashburn Annex, it is a training center for LCPS and has also been used for Broad Run High School population overflow.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Ashburn Schools|publisher=AshburnWeb|url=http://www.ashburnweb.com/history/histschl.htm|access-date=December 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925201610/http://www.ashburnweb.com/history/histschl.htm|archive-date=September 25, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Freshmen were bussed in two daily shifts to the Annex in 1994 to alleviate overcrowding on the BRHS campus. ({{cite book|title=The Shield (Vol. XXV)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1994|page=78}})</ref>

In the 1960s high school age children from eastern Loudoun County attended Loudoun County High School. As Dulles Airport and residential developments, such as Sterling Park,<ref>{{cite web|last=Scheel|first=Eugene|url=http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/1961-Sterling-park.htm|title=With 'The Park,' County's Growth Battles Were Just Beginning|date=June 16, 2002|access-date=January 28, 2007}}</ref> opened close to the Fairfax County border, Loudoun County High School's population began to outgrow the facility. The decision to construct a high school in rural eastern Loudoun County was made. The strain on Loudoun County High School, however, was so severe that its eastern Loudoun students were temporarily schooled in the then-recently closed Douglass High School in Leesburg. Thus, the first Broad Run High School class actually formed in 1968, a full year before the Broad Run Ashburn campus construction was completed.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shield&nbsp;– 1973 (Vol. IV)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1973|page=4}}</ref> 1968 had been the first year that the county schools were completely racially integrated, making the previously all-black Douglass High School available as it closed and its population moved to other county schools.<ref>{{citation |last=Morefield |first=Betty L. |author2=Bronwen C. Souders |author3=Elaine E. Thompson |title=Black History Timeline |publisher=Friends of Thomas Balch Library, Inc. |date=November 2006 |url=http://www.balchfriends.org/AfricanAmericanTimeline.swf |format=SWF |page=26 |access-date=October 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026225026/http://www.balchfriends.org/AfricanAmericanTimeline.swf |archive-date=October 26, 2007 }}</ref>

thumb|left|Broad Run High School<br />2007 The campus of the district's third high school (Loudoun County High opened in 1954 and Loudoun Valley High School opened in 1962), opened its doors in 1969 to grades 8–12,<ref name="brhs-shield01">{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Liz|author2=Nancy Scott|title=The Shield (Vol. I)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1970}}</ref> for students from all of Ashburn, Arcola, western Chantilly (now known as South Riding), and Sterling. Named for the nearby Potomac River tributary, Broad Run was dedicated on October 13, 1969. The ceremony's keynote address was delivered by then-Governor of Virginia, Mills E. Godwin Jr.<ref>{{cite book|last=Graham |first=Liz|author2=Nancy Scott|title=The Shield (Vol. I)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1970|page=9}}</ref> At the time, Loudoun's three high schools were not limited to 9th through 12th grades since there were no middle schools. Broad Run, therefore, had a "Thetamen" class for two years, its name for eighth graders (similar to calling ninth graders "Freshmen").<ref name="brhs-shield01"/> In 1976 a portion of the Sterling student body was moved to Park View High School.<ref name="brhs-shield-1976">The student population dropped from 1,550 in SY 1974/75 to 1,100 in 1975/76 as Sterling Park students shifted to Park View High School. ({{cite book|title=The Shield (Vol. VII)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1976|page=10}})</ref> By 1979 the Thetamen were shifted to newly opened middle schools. As the Ashburn area grew considerably, additional students shifted to Potomac Falls High School in 1997.<ref>{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Amena|title=The Shield&nbsp;– 1997 (Vol. XXVIII)|publisher=Broad Run High School|year=1997|page=81}}</ref> Stone Bridge High School opened in 2000, which split the Ashburn student body into two different high schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stone Bridge readies for opening|work=Loudoun Times-Mirror|url=http://www.loudountimes.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=775131&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=576934&rfi=8|access-date=January 9, 2007}}</ref> In 2014, Broad Run moved some of its students in the Ryan Park area to Rock Ridge High School. In 2015, Broad Run shifted students who live in University Center and Potomac Farms to Riverside High School in Lansdowne in order to relieve overcrowding. In addition to this, Broad Run also transferred students living in Ashburn Run, Timberbrooke Estates, The Ridges at Ashburn, and many other subdivisions located off of Ashburn Road to Stone Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://novasearchsite.com/loudoun-county-schools/school-zoning-map-loudoun-county-schools|title=School Zoning Map Loudoun County Schools|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

Broad Run's enrollment was 929 on opening in 1969 (including an 8th grade class)<ref name="brhs-shield01"/> but the county's steady population increases saw accompanying student body expansions, to 1,838 by 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/66/SUPERINTENDENT%20RECOMMENDED%20FY14-18%20CIP%20111412.pdf|title=|publisher=LCPS|access-date=November 18, 2012}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> periodically relieved as other high schools opened in eastern Loudoun County (Park View in 1976, Potomac Falls in 1997, Stone Bridge in 2000, Dominion in 2003, Freedom in 2005, Rock Ridge in 2014, Riverside in 2015, Independence in 2019, and Lightridge in 2020).<ref name="vdoe-census">{{cite web|url=http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Publications/rep_page.htm |title=VA Dept of Education Fall Membership Data Collection (1995–2006) |publisher=Virginia Dept of Education |access-date=January 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210135516/http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Publications/rep_page.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Campus== The campus sits on {{convert|39.96|acre|m2}} along Ashburn Road, across from the Ashbriar community.<ref name="ashburn web">{{cite web|url=http://www.ashburnweb.com/schools/brhschl/index.htm|title=Broad Run High School|publisher=AshburnWeb|access-date=December 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111181328/http://www.ashburnweb.com/schools/brhschl/index.htm|archive-date=January 11, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has been renovated and expanded many times since its opening in 1969 and is located ½-mile south of Farmwell Road and one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) north of the Dulles Greenway.<ref name="ashburn web"/>

==Students== The Broad Run attendance boundaries encompass the Ashburn communities of Ashburn Village, Farmwell Hunt, One Loudoun, as well as the Ashbrook residential subdivisions.<ref name="HS attendance">{{cite web|url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/509905169119/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=55408 |title=High School Attendance Boundaries |publisher=Loudoun County Public Schools |year=2006 |format=PDF |access-date=December 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925010644/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/509905169119/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=55408 |archive-date=September 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The LCPS middle school Farmwell Station and, by extension, the elementary schools Ashburn, Discovery, and Dominion Trail feed students to the high school.<ref name="HS attendance"/> Students living in neighboring communities outside the current attendance boundary, such as Ashburn Farm and Brambleton, have attended in previous years as a result of frequent boundary changes and the school board's policy of "grandfathering" students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50975518115039/lib/50975518115039/Chapter%208/8-20.pdf|title=§8–20 School Assignment|publisher=Loudoun County Public Schools|year=2005|access-date=January 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717103418/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50975518115039/lib/50975518115039/Chapter%208/8-20.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2025-2026 school year, the ethnic/racial composition of Broad Run’s student body was 39.0% White, 28.1% Asian, 16.1% Hispanic, 10.6% Black, and 5.7% two or more. 22.8% of the student body is classified as Economically Disadvantaged (meaning they are eligible to participate in the federally subsidized meals program).<ref>{{Cite web |title=LCPS Dashboards-School Profiles |url=https://dashboards.lcps.org/extensions/Dashboards/SchoolProfiles.html |access-date=2025-12-20 |website=dashboards.lcps.org}}</ref>

==Administration and faculty== The school's administrative team is headed by the principal and includes three assistant principals and the director of guidance. The principal and school, as part of LCPS, are under the direction of the Superintendent, who operates under the authority of the elected Loudoun County School Board.

Broad Run has had only five principals since it opened: James C. McBride (1969&ndash;1979); E. Wayne Griffith (1979&ndash;1996); Edgar T. Markley, Ed.D. (1996&ndash;2010), Doug Anderson (2010&ndash;2014), and David Spage (2014–present). Its principal before Doug Anderson, Edgar T. Markley, a 2003 recipient of ''The Washington Post's'' Annual Distinguished Educational Leadership Award,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washpost.com/community/education/dela/2003recipients/Markley.shtml |title=Annual Distinguished Educational Leadership Awards (2003) |newspaper=The Washington Post |year=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927065915/http://www.washpost.com/community/education/dela/2003recipients/Markley.shtml |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=December 23, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> retired after the 2009–2010 school year.

There are 117 teachers, yielding a teacher/student ratio of 1:14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/84923|title=Broad Run High School, Ashburn, Virginia|publisher=Public School Review LLC|access-date=December 27, 2006}}</ref>

==Curriculum== {{further|Loudoun County Public Schools#High Schools}}

Students mainly attend classes on the Broad Run campus, but have opportunities to take additional, specialized courses at LCPS's magnet and alternative schools, such as science and math at Loudoun Academy of Science or vocational education classes at C.S. Monroe Technology Center.

The school's instructional curriculum is set primarily by the LCPS district office based on Virginia Department of Education requirements. Broad Run's curriculum is typical of Virginia and United States secondary schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broad Run Academics Overview |publisher=Loudoun County Public Schools |year=2007 |url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/51620112123759720/site/default.asp |access-date=December 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205010700/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/51620112123759720/site/default.asp |archive-date=February 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Students attending the Loudoun Academy of Science and [https://www.lcps.org/domain/23880 Monroe Advanced Technical Academy] do so every other class day, taking their non-magnet classes (typically core courses, such as English, social sciences and electives) at Broad Run on the alternate days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy of Science: About Us |publisher=Loudoun County Public Schools |year=2007 |url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5096091212538/site/default.asp |access-date=January 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901224302/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5096091212538/site/default.asp |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 2007–2008 school year, AP Physics students at Broad Run were credited with the discovery of Asteroid 2007 TW04, which they have officially begun calling "Sparta" in honor of the Broad Run's mascot, the Spartan. The team, led by their AP Physics teacher Janet Bosch, was awarded by NASA.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070656/http://ari.home.mchsi.com/mp_discoveries_table_2007.htm |url=http://ari.home.mchsi.com/mp_discoveries_table_2007.htm |title=Minor Planet Discoveries: 2007–2008 School Year |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |publisher=Astronomical Research Institute |access-date=May 26, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/jan/21/broad-run-asteroids/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529080540/http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/jan/21/broad-run-asteroids/ |archive-date=May 29, 2008 |date=January 21, 2008 |first=Katie |last=DePaola |newspaper=Loudoun Extra |publisher=The Washington Post |url-status=dead |title=In the Sky, Broad Run Students Find 'Sparta'}}</ref>

===Academic performance and achievement===

====Accreditation==== Broad Run is a fully accredited high school<ref name="vde-sol-2005-6">{{cite web|url=http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/accred-final-05.xls |title=2006–2007 Accreditation Ratings |publisher=Virginia Department of Education |year=2007 |format=Microsoft Excel |access-date=December 23, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209182917/http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/accred-final-05.xls |archive-date=December 9, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> based on the Standards of Learning (SOL) examinations in Virginia. Virginia high schools are considered fully accredited if students achieve pass rates of 70% or above in three content areas (english, mathematics, and science) on SOL examinations administered during the previous school year. Broad Run's pass rates for the 2024–2025 school-year were as follows: {| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:500px;" ! Subject Area || Pass Rate (%) |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! Reading | style="text-align:center;" | 89 |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! Mathematics | style="text-align:center;" | 79 |- ! Science | style="text-align:center;" | 78 |}

====NCLB and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)==== To meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the state of Virginia utilizes its Standards of Learning (SOL) examinations as its progress measurement tool. NCLB requires states to set annual measurable objectives of proficiency in reading and mathematics, participation in testing, and graduation and attendance. These objectives are in addition to the high standards for learning and achievement required under Virginia's SOL program. Schools and school divisions that meet the annual objectives required by the federal education law are considered to have made adequately yearly progress (AYP) toward the goal of 100 percent proficiency of all students in reading and mathematics by 2014.<ref name="vde-reportcard">{{cite web|publisher=Virginia Department of Education|title=NCLB&nbsp;– School Report Card|year=2007|url=http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/index.shtml|access-date=December 24, 2006|archive-date=January 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123012717/http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/index.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Broad Run has maintained Adequate Yearly Progress for the school years 2003–2004 through 2005–2006.<ref name="vde-reportcard"/> The percentage of students passing the English and Math tests at Broad Run averages higher than Loudoun County as a whole, but lags slightly behind in Science by three points.<ref name="vde-reportcard"/>

==Extracurricular activities== ===Athletics=== Broad Run is a member of the AA Dulles District of the Region II of the Virginia High School League, and sponsors girls and boys athletic teams in the following sports: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, gymnastics, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls tennis, track, swimming, volleyball, and wrestling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broad Run High School&nbsp;– Fall Sports |publisher=Broad Run High School Athletic Department |year=2006 |url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50940661305/site/default.asp |access-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117003101/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50940661305/site/default.asp |archive-date=January 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Broad Run High School&nbsp;– Winter Sports |publisher=Broad Run High School Athletic Department |year=2006 |url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5094066132059/site/default.asp |access-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117002338/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5094066132059/site/default.asp |archive-date=January 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Broad Run High School&nbsp;– Spring Sports |publisher=Broad Run High School Athletic Department |year=2006 |url=http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5094066132227/site/default.asp |access-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-date=January 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117002638/http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5094066132227/site/default.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The mascot is a Spartan

====Softball==== The teams of 2000 and 2002 set new state records for various team categories, such as total runs scored in a season, consecutive shutout innings, total strikeouts in a season, and total strikeouts in one game.<ref name="VHSL recordbook">{{cite book|title=Virginia High School League Book of Records, Tenth Edition – 2006–07|last=Elis|first=Marshall Johnson|publisher=Virginia High School League|date=December 2006|url=http://www.vhsl.org/recbook.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024915/http://www.vhsl.org/recbook.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> Christy Anch, pitcher for the Lady Spartans from 1999 to 2002, personally holds 22 individual state records in the Virginia High School League.<ref name="VHSL recordbook"/>

The girls soccer, girls lacrosse, girls softball, boys baseball, boys lacrosse, and boys track teams all won their respective district titles in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lofgren|first=Courtney|title=BR Spring Sport Supremacy Continues|page=1|publisher=Broad Run High School|date=May 2007|volume=39|issue=8}}</ref> Broad Run ended up winning the state championship for softball (Group AA), Broad Run's second in the past decade (won in 2000 and played in the championship 2002).<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayes|first=Andy|title=Broad Run Wins Softball State Title with 8–0 Win|publisher=Gameday Magazine|date=June 9, 2007|url=http://www.gamedaymagazine.com/2007/06/broad_run_wins_softball_state.php|access-date=June 9, 2007}}</ref> Ranked fifth in the nation by USA Today<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/softball/rankings.htm|title=USA TODAY/National Fastpitch Coaches Association High School top 25|work=USA Today|date=June 14, 2007|access-date=June 17, 2007}}</ref> with a 29–0 record, the Lady Spartans defeated New Kent County High School for the championship behind Caitlyn Delahaba's pitching (no-hitter, 12 strikeouts). Delahaba attained 400 strikeouts in 2007, third place in Virginia High School League history for strikeouts in a season.<ref name="washpost20070609">{{cite news|last=Norris|first=Stephen A.|title=Tiplady Delivers for Broad Run|page=E08|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 9, 2007|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR2007060802444.html|access-date=June 9, 2007}}</ref>

For the second year in a row, Broad Run's softball team under the leadership of Caitlin Delahaba completed a perfect, undefeated record in softball, winning the state championship and becoming the nation's best high school softball team according to USA today.<ref name="USA Today"/>

====Football==== Losing seasons in 2002 and 2005 led to the replacement of Ken Belchik as head coach with Michael Burnett in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chortkoff|first=Mitch|title=Samohi Football Coach Takes Post In Virginia|publisher=Santa Monica Mirror Online|date=March 8, 2006|url=http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=2740|access-date=December 23, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025314/http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=2740|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The team's record was 5–5 in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Football Standings|work=Loudoun Times-Mirror|date=November 15, 2006|url=http://www.loudountimes.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=17464353&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=576934&rfi=8|access-date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> In 2007, the Spartans had a perfect 10–0 regular season, winning the district championship, but lost to rival Park View High School in the first playoff round.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tenorio|first=Paul|title= Park View Pulls It Out on Trick Play in 4th quarter|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=HighBeam Research|date=November 17, 2007|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10941326.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405161102/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10941326.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> In 2008, the Spartan football team won the AA Division 4 state championship, with a 14–0 record. In 2009 the team won a second state title against Amherst. Since then, the team has continued to be successful in the regular season and playoffs, but after head coach Michael Burnett left after the 2009 season, (being replaced by an assistant coach from rival Stone Bridge - Matt Griffis)<ref>{{cite web|title=Burnett Makes First Trip Back to Broad Run Since Leading Spartans to Back-to-Back State Titles|url=http://www.vivaloudoun.com/burnett-makes-first-trip-back-to-broad-run-since-leading-spartans-to-back-to-back-state-titles/|date=October 4, 2013|access-date=May 20, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the team has not won another state title, though it made it to state finals in 2021.

'''<big>Maching Arts</big>'''

'''Marching Band'''

The Broad Run Marching Band is under the direction of Eric Blanks and assisted by Andy Schlaf. Every year, the band attends the annual VBODA marching assessment, and consistently gets a Superior (1) or Excellent (2) rating. {| class="wikitable" |+Shows !Year !Show Title !Rating |- |2012 |Odyssey |Superior |- |2013 |We The People |Superior |- |2014 |Eyes in the Infinite: A Journey Through Space |Superior |- |2015 |A Pirate's Revenge |Superior |- |2016 |The Madness of Genius |Superior |- |2017 |A Moment Captured |Superior |- |2018 |What a Wonderful World |Superior |- |2019 |Anomaly |Superior |- |2020 | |N/A |- |2021 |Goodbye |Excellent |- |2022 |When the Forest Calls |Excellent |- |2023 |Masters of the Night |Superior |- |2024 |Celestial |Superior |- |2025 |Beneath the Surface |Superior |} '''Indoor Drumline'''

The Broad Run Indoor Drumline program is under the direction of Dean Natale. It is currently combined with Dominion High School's Indoor Drumline program, and in years past, it's been combined with other schools, like Independence High School, Park View High School, and Stone Bridge High School, as well, formerly being known as Eastern Loudoun Indoor Drumline.

Broad Run High School also occasionally holds the Spartan Spectacular, combining indoor drumline and winterguard shows from across Virginia. The last time it held one was in the 2022-2023 school year. {| class="wikitable" !Year !Show Title |- |2014-2015 | |- |2015-2016 |Voyage |- |2016-2017 | |- |2017-2018 | |- |2018-2019 |Forever |- |2019-2020 | |- |2020-2021 | |- |2021-2022 |Nevermore |- |2022-2023 |In The Dark |- |2023-2024 |N/A |- |2024-2025 |Moonlight |- |2025-2026 |Gold |} '''Winter Guard'''

The Broad Run Winter Guard program is under the direction of Lindsay Blanks and Andy Schlaf. It has been both standalone and, in years past, combined with other schools, such as Tuscarora High School.

Feeder Pattern for the 2025–2026 school year:<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020–21 LCPS Cluster List|url=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/27213/2020-2021%20Cluster%20Listing%2011262019.pdf|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

* Farmwell Station Middle School ** Ashburn Elementary School ** Discovery Elementary School ** Dominion Trail Elementary School

==Notable alumni== <!--THIS LIST IS ONLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY HAVE A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE SEE: WP:ALMA WP:ANYBIO--> *Pierce Askegren, author at Marvel Comics<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010502438.html| work=The Washington Post|title=A Technical Writer's Alter Ego: Engaging Comic Book Novelist|first=Louie |last=Estrada|date=January 7, 2007 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150610225644/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010502438.html|archivedate=June 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *Taylor Clarke, drafted as a pitcher in the 3rd round of the 2015 MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Now plays for Kansas City Royals; attended College of Charleston{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *Alex Field, played football at Virginia, and on the practice squads of the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *Travis Fulgham, professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles who played college football at Old Dominion<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teel |first=David |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Worldly Travis Fulgham eyes breakout senior season at ODU |url=https://www.dailypress.com/sports/old-dominion/dp-spt-travis-fulgham-odu-0826-story.html |access-date=April 27, 2019 |website=Daily Press |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427151041/https://www.dailypress.com/sports/old-dominion/dp-spt-travis-fulgham-odu-0826-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Larry Izzo, football player for the New England Patriots, attended and played football from 1988 to 1990 before moving to Texas; attended Rice University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/8-pro-football-players-loudoun-county |title=8 Pro Football Players from Loudoun County |first=Sharon |last=Reed |website=Patch |date=November 15, 2016 |access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> *Connor Jessop, quarterback for the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Brigade, attended Shepherd University<ref>{{cite news | last =Tenorio | first =Paul | title= Broad Run QB Connor Jessop still looking for an offer | newspaper=The Washington Post | date =December 7, 2011 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/recruiting-insider/post/broad-run-qb-connor-jessop-still-looking-for-an-offer/2011/12/07/gIQAz2mlcO_blog.html | access-date =May 5, 2018}}</ref> *Holly King, midfielder for the Washington Spirit and Colorado Pride, head coach of the girls' soccer team at Heritage High School, attended University of Florida{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *Conor Mullee, pitcher with the New York Yankees; attended Saint Peter's University<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.loudountimes.com/sports/former-spartan-baseball-standout-drafted-by-bronx-bombers/article_fbe36417-7b16-5fe4-a6c7-e382f8cc081d.html |newspaper=Loudoun Times-Mirror |title=Former Spartan baseball standout drafted by Bronx Bombers |last=Geddie |first=John |date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> *Patton Oswalt, actor, writer, voiceover artist and comedian: graduated in 1987; attended the College of William and Mary,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/patton-oswalt-gets-philosophical-but-hes-still-funny/2011/12/14/gIQASNztwO_story.html|title=Patton Oswalt gets philosophical, but he's still funny|last=Chaney|first=Jen|date=December 15, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> a member of the Broad Run Speech and Debate team who regularly contributes money to the team *Kim Paffenroth, religious scholar, horror author, and professor at Iona University{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *Samson Sergi, professional soccer player for Loudoun United who played college soccer at Xavier{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

== Former principal == {| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:500px;" |+ ! colspan="3" | BRHS Administrators |- ! School Year || Principal |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! 1969 &ndash; 1979 | style="text-align:center;" | James C. McBride |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! 1979 &ndash; 1996 | style="text-align:center;" | E. Wayne Griffith |- ! 1996 &ndash; 2010<ref>{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Amena |title=The Shield&ndash;1997 (Vol. XXVIII) |publisher=Broad Run High School |year=1997}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" | Edgar T. Markley, Ed.D. |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! 2010 &ndash; 2014 | style="text-align:center;" | Douglas Anderson |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" ! 2014 &ndash; 2025 | style="text-align:center;" | David Spage (retiring) |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" !2026 onwards |TBD |}

==References==

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===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite web|title=NCLB&nbsp;– School Report Card|publisher=Virginia Department of Education|year=2007|url=http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/index.shtml|access-date=December 23, 2006|archive-date=January 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123012717/http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/index.shtml|url-status=dead}} *{{cite book|title=The Shield (Vols. I&nbsp;– XXXVII)|publisher=Broad Run High School|date=1970–2006}} {{refend}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.lcps.org/o/brh Official Website] *[https://www.lcps.org/ Loudoun County Public Schools website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090402214531/http://spartangameday.com/ Official Broad Run Athletics Page Powered By GamedayMagazine.com] *[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205128385 Broad Run High School Students and Alumni Facebook Group] {{Coord|39|01|21|N|77|29|30|W|region:US_type:edu|display=title}}

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