Arlington Community High

Arlington Community High is one of the one-room-style high schools in Arlington, Virginia, one of the schools within Arlington County Public Schools, with 156 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Arlington Community High sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

Arlington County Public Schools comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 27,950 students; Arlington Community High is among them.

Demographically, Arlington Community High records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 7% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Arlington Community High records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Arlington Community High higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Arlington County reports that median household income runs about $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Arlington County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), of which Arlington Community High is one.

The closest other public school is Escuela Key Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 168 students in 2018 compared to 156 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 82% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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