Dominion High School is a public

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in Sterling, an unincorporated area in

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, United States. Dominion High School first opened in 2003, receiving students from

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and Park View High School. Dominion's student body live primarily in the communities of Sugarland Run and Lowes Island.

Profile

Dominion High School is a fully accredited high school based on the

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tests in Virginia. For the 2022–2023 school year, Dominion's student body is 39% Hispanic, 36% White, 15% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% Other. In 2005, Dominion was the host of the

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, a part-time magnet school program for Loudoun County students. In 2018, the Academy of Science moved out of Dominion and formed the Academies of Loudoun.

Student life

The Dominion sports teams play in Conference 21 and Region 4A. The Titans girls' soccer team won the AAAA state championship in soccer in 2014. In 2016, the boys' lacrosse team won the state championship. In the Spring of 2021, the Titans won three class 4 state championships. In 2009, the school joined the

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Awards Program of the Northern Virginia/ DC Metro Area. DHS Press is the official Dominion news organization. In 2017, the

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Student Reporting Labs partnered with Dominion, and in 2021, two students were listed on their "list of 20 up-and-coming journalists."

Notable alumni

* Lauryn Hutchinson,

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on the

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, attended

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, Class of 2006, women's national baseball player * Paul Troth, quarterback at

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, coach at

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