Potomac Falls High School

Potomac Falls High School
Potomac Falls High School emblem
Address
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46400 Algonkian Parkway Sterling, Virginia 20165
Coordinates	39°03′07″N 77°23′33″W / 39.0519872°N 77.3925572°W / 39.0519872; -77.3925572
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1997
School district	Loudoun County Public Schools
Principal	Dr. Brandon Wolfe
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,639 (2015)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Purple, Black & White
Mascot	Panther
Communities served	Countryside Dulles Town Center Cascades Overlook Broad Run Farms
Feeder schools	Algonkian Elementary, Potowmack Elementary, Countryside Elementary, Horizon Elementary, River Bend Middle School
Rival Schools	Dominion High School Park View High School Broad Run High School
Athletic Conference	Dulles District Region II
Website	http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/pfhs

Dominion High School
Park View High School

Potomac Falls High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, Virginia unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system and is located on 46400 Algonkian Parkway. Rated in America's Top Public High Schools in 2008 (173rd), Potomac Falls' student body is drawn from the Cascades, Countryside, Broad Run Farms, and Dulles Town Center communities.

Potomac Falls High School opened in 1997, drawing its student body from Park View High School, Broad Run High School and Seneca Ridge Middle School. It was the first high school built in 21 years, following Park View's opening in 1976. There were about 900 students in grades 9–11 when Potomac Falls opened. There was no senior class since seniors attending Park View and Broad Run who lived in Potomac Falls' attendance area remained at those schools through graduation.

In 2003, students from Potomac Falls and Park View High School were fed into Dominion High School after the schools became overcrowded while students from Broad Run High School and Park View were sent to Potomac Falls. However, growth has stabilized in Sterling since then, and there are no new high schools being planned in the area for the foreseeable future.

The basic high school design for Potomac Falls has been used for every new high school built in Loudoun County since then. Stone Bridge opened in 2000 with Potomac Falls' basic design, but with a larger auditorium and some additional classrooms. Heritage, Dominion, Briar Woods, and Freedom also use the same basic template.