J. Lupton Simpson Middle School, 490 Evergreen Mill Road SE: grades 6-8, 831 students in fall 2025, state rating Meets Expectations. Call 571-252-2840.
Last checked Oct. 23, 2026. Sources: J. Lupton Simpson 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.
J. Lupton Simpson Middle School, at 490 Evergreen Mill Road SE, is the middle school for western and southern Leesburg, grades 6 to 8. Every address in its zone goes on to Loudoun County High. It is run by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), the county-wide school division.
Who to call
- Front office: 571-252-2840
- 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 (transportation page)
- LCPS central office: 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, 571-252-1000
| Address | 490 Evergreen Mill Road SE, Leesburg, VA 20175 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| Main phone | 571-252-2840 |
| Website | lcps.org/o/jls |
| School division | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Frank G. “Tripp” Di Nicola III, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 831 students in fall 2025, compared with 874 in 2024 and 874 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 874 students in the 2023-24 school year with 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 12 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: 88.9, rated Meets Expectations, in the division summary
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed), from the School Quality Profile:
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 75% | 75% | 77% |
| Math | 73% | 70% | 76% |
| Science | 72% | 71% | 72% |
The full profile also reports attendance, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone
Every address in the J. Lupton Simpson Middle zone goes on to Loudoun County High for 2026-27. The elementary zones inside it, by share of its 6,444 county address points: Catoctin Elementary (49%), Evergreen Mill Elementary (28%), Frederick Douglass Elementary (12%) and Sycolin Creek Elementary (11%). Of those address points, 4,467 (69%) are inside the Leesburg town limits; the rest are in unincorporated Loudoun County.
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 Leesburg community.
How we checked: we matched Loudoun County’s 140,704 address points against LCPS’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zone layers and the town boundary. 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:
- Wednesday, Oct. 28: end of the first quarter
- Thursday, Oct. 29, to Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students (Election Day is Nov. 3)
- Monday, Nov. 9: holiday
- Wednesday, Nov. 25, to Friday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving break
- Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1: winter break; classes resume Monday, Jan. 4
- Monday, March 22, to Friday, March 26: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day of school
Weather closings are posted on the LCPS inclement weather page.
The school posts its bell schedule on its website.
More on Leesburg schools
- The school’s own page: lcps.org/o/jls
- The state’s School Quality Profile for J. Lupton Simpson Middle
- Every public school in Leesburg, with zones and state ratings
- Our Leesburg schools guide for the calendar, registration and the School Board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does J. Lupton Simpson Middle School serve?
Grades 6 through 8. The state counted 831 students in fall 2025.
How is J. Lupton Simpson Middle School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 88.9 and is rated Meets Expectations.
Which high school does J. Lupton Simpson Middle feed into?
Loudoun County High. Every address in its zone goes on to Loudoun County High on the LCPS 2026-27 zone maps.
Who is the principal of J. Lupton Simpson Middle School?
Frank G. “Tripp” Di Nicola III, according to the school’s website.
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