Hayfield Secondary

Hayfield Secondary is a four-year high school of large scale in Alexandria, Virginia, run under Fairfax County Public Schools, enrolling 3,256 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 168% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Hayfield Secondary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that teaches 179,323 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hayfield Secondary shows that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 27% Black, 23% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 201 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Hayfield Secondary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hayfield Secondary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.0%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Hayfield Secondary is one.

Hayfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hayfield Secondary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 70.4%.

Hayfield Secondary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 2,961 students in 2018 compared to 3,256 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.