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Enrollment
2,170
High
DISTRICT 2,257 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000468
Falls Church High
7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, VA 22042 · (703) 207-4000 · Fairfax County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,170 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Virginia public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
184 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
1,429 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 513 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 551 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 574 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 532 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 73.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Falls Church High
Falls Church High's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Church High this school | 2,170 | 65.9% | 63.3% |
| Annandale High Annandale | 2,161 | 71.2% | 68.4% |
| Gar-Field High Woodbridge | 2,524 | 67.8% | 65.3% |
| Lewis High Springfield | 1,658 | 68.6% | 61.1% |
| Justice High Falls Church | 2,357 | 77.4% | 71.5% |
| C.D. Hylton High Woodbridge | 1,859 | 68.3% | 71.5% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Falls Church High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #264 of 311 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #236 of 316 ▲ 3 | #19 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #208 of 316 ▲ 39 | #19 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,170 | #40 of 325 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #55 of 309 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #158 of 309 | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #185 of 319 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #130 of 131 | #12 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,170
+186 (+9%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 1,197
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,170 | 183.6 | 11.8:1 | 66% (1,429) |
| 2023-24 | 2,154 | 139.7 | 15.4:1 | 61% (1,310) |
| 2022-23 | 2,118 | 129 | 16.4:1 | 61% (1,300) |
| 2020-21 | 1,984 | 151 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,166 | 162.7 | 13.3:1 | 51% (1,104) |
| 2015-16 | 1,916 | 153 | 12.5:1 | 48% (929) |
| 2010-11 | 1,578 | 100 | 15.8:1 | 48% (763) |
| 2000-01 | 1,460 | 130 | 11.2:1 | 31% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 1,197 | 98 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falls Church High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (2,166 to 2,170); teachers up 13% (162.7 to 183.6).
About Falls Church High
As a high-enrollment high school, Falls Church High serves students in Falls Church, Virginia. It had 2,170 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Virginia average about 1,213 students, which makes this school 79% bigger than average.
Fairfax County Public Schools counts 199 schools and 179,323 students, including Falls Church High.
Federal enrollment data show Falls Church High is 62% Hispanic. Next come 15% White, 13% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 18% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
There are 183.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.8:1. The average for high schools in Virginia, 13.9:1, is higher. Of all students at Falls Church High, 66% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Falls Church High lands at D, ahead of 12% of Virginia public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Falls Church High would score about 70.2%. It scores 63.3%, 6.9 points below that figure.
In Fairfax County, the median household earns about $153,637 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Fairfax County has 222 public schools with about 174,475 students, including Falls Church High.
Measured in a straight line, Pine Spring Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Falls Church High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 63.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
Falls Church High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 2,170, compared with 1,984 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.8:1, from 13.1:1.
The allk12 page for Falls Church High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
- Haycock ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Spring Elementary0.6 mi · 607
- Woodburn Elementary0.8 mi · 483
- Westlawn Elementary1.3 mi · 789
- Jackson Middle1.3 mi · 991
- Graham Road Elementary1.3 mi · 438
- Timber Lane Elementary1.3 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Falls Church HighHow many students attend Falls Church High?
Falls Church High enrolls approximately 2,170 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Falls Church High serve?
Falls Church High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Falls Church High?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Falls Church High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Falls Church High?
At Falls Church High, the student body is approximately 15% White, 62% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Falls Church High?
Falls Church High is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.