{{short description|High school in Aldie, Virginia}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = John Champe High School | image = John Champe High School Aldie VA.jpg | caption = Aerial view of John Champe High School and its athletic fields, August 2014 | image_size = | address = 41535 Sacred Mountain Street | city = Aldie | state = Virginia | zipcode = 20105 | school_board = | district = Loudoun County Public Schools | superintendent = | principal = Melissa Sargent | type = Public | schooltype = High school | grades = 9&ndash;12 | language = American English | communities = Stone Ridge<br>Hartland<br>South Riding<br>East Gate | feeder_schools = Gum Spring Middle School <br> Aldie Elementary <br> Arcola Elementary <br> Buffalo Trail Elementary <br> Goshen Post Elementary <br> Pinebrook Elementary <br> Liberty Elementary <br> Cardinal Ridge Elementary <br> Elaine E. Thompson Elementary <br> Henrietta Lacks Elementary <br> Hovatter Elementary | campus = Suburban / Rural | mascot = Knight | nickname = Champe | colors = {{Color box|#001A57|border=darkgray}} Navy and {{Color box|#BFC1C2|border=darkgray}} Silver | founded = 2012 | enrollment = 1,588 (2022-2023) | website = https://www.lcps.org/jch }}

'''John Champe High School''' is a public high school in Aldie, an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The school was established in 2012. It is named after the revolutionary war hero John Champe who led an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap traitor Benedict Arnold. The campus is just south of U.S. Route 50 and 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. It is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located at 41535 Sacred Mountain Street.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=LCPS|url=http://profiles.lcps.org/portal/page/portal/LCPS/HS?NAME=%22JOHN%20CHAMPE%20HIGH%22|publisher=LCPS|accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref>

==History== The school opened primarily to relieve Freedom High School of its overcrowding and to accommodate future development in the Dulles South area. Initially opening with an enrollment of only 609 students<ref>{{cite web|title=LCPS Enrollment Sept. 2012|url=http://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/domain/66/student%20enrollment/September%2028%202012r.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516034842/http://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/domain/66/student%20enrollment/September%2028%202012r.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2013|publisher=LCPS|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> (partially due to the lack of a senior class its first year), John Champe's size has more than tripled in the years since.

The school temporarily shifted to an intermediate system in the 2018-2019 school year, with Willard Intermediate School serving 8-9th grade and Champe serving 10-12th grade. This ended when Lightridge High School opened its doors in the fall of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=JOHN CHAMPE HIGH SCHOOL - 2018-2019 ATTENDANCE ZONE - WILLARD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL|url=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/66/JohnChampeHS18_19.pdf|publisher=LCPS|accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref> In the 2018-2019 school year, John Champe shifted rising freshmen residing in the Brambleton Middle School attendance zones to Rock Ridge High School after a board meeting deciding to move those students temporarily for their ninth grade year instead of transferring to Willard intermediate school.

==Demographics== As of the 2022-2023 school year, the school was 51.5% male and 48.4% female. The school's racial demographics were: 43.3% Asian, 29.6% White, 12.4% Black, 8.8% Hispanic, 5.4% multi-racial, and 0.5% other races. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=LCPS Dashboards-School Profiles |url=https://dashboards.lcps.org/extensions/Dashboards/SchoolProfiles.html |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=dashboards.lcps.org}}</ref>

==Enrollment history==

{| class="wikitable" |+ Student Enrollment History ! School Year !! Number of Students |- ! 2012-2013^ | align="center"| 609^ |- ! 2013-2014 | align="center"| 960<ref>{{cite web|title=School Board Adopted FY 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Plan|publisher=LCPS|url=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/27213/FY2015-2020%20SB%20Adopted%20CIP.pdf|access-date=2023-06-15}}</ref> |- ! 2014-2015 | align="center"|1,251 |- ! 2015-2016 | align="center"|1,515 |- ! 2016-2017 | style="text-align:center;"| 1,813 |- ! 2017-2018 | style="text-align:center;"| 2,119 |- ! 2018-2019^^ | style="text-align:center;"| 1,656 |- !2019-2020 |No known data |- !2020-2021 |No known data |- !2021-2022 |1,689<ref name="NCES School Detail">{{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for JOHN CHAMPE HS |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=510225002865 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}</ref> |- !2022-2023 |1,588<ref name=":0" /> |}

^ During the 2012-2013 school year there was no senior class.<br> ^^Freshmen class attended Willard Intermediate School until opening of Lightridge High School in 2020.

==Campus== The school sits on 97.76 acres<ref>{{cite web|title=School Board Adopted FY 2014-2018 Capital Improvement Program|url=http://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/domain/66/cip/cip%20webpostings/School%20Board%20Adopted%20FY14%20CIP%20web.pdf|publisher=LCPS|accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref> just west of the Arcola and Stone Ridge communities.

==References== <references />

{{Loudoun County Public Schools}} {{authority control}} {{coord|38.9321|-77.5658|type:edu_region:US-VA|display=title}}

Category:Public high schools in Virginia Category:Schools in Loudoun County, Virginia Category:Educational institutions established in 2012 Category:2012 establishments in Virginia