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What's something HAYFIELD SECONDARY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
3,256
High
DISTRICT 2,257 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000493
Hayfield Secondary
7630 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315 · (703) 924-7400 · Fairfax County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL3,256 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- FBeats 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
16.2:1
201 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
1,084 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 7 | 446 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 506 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 574 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 592 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 577 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 561 | 17% |
Student demographics
76%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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Hayfield Secondary
Hayfield Secondary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayfield Secondary this school | 3,256 | 33.3% | 66.0% |
| Charles J. Colgan Sr. High Manassas | 2,956 | 28.7% | 79.6% |
| Colonial Forge High Stafford | 2,122 | 30.8% | 79.8% |
| Landstown High Virginia Beach | 2,152 | 37.6% | 83.8% |
| Forest Park High Woodbridge | 2,343 | 42.6% | 78.0% |
| South Lakes High Reston | 2,434 | 34.3% | 76.6% |
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 Hayfield Secondary ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #245 of 311 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #237 of 316 ▲ 22 | #20 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #170 of 316 ▲ 17 | #16 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,256 | #4 of 325 | #3 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #254 of 309 | #19 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #3 of 309 | #1 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #244 of 319 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #55 of 131 | #5 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
3,256
+142 (+5%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 2,427
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 3,256 | 200.9 | 16.2:1 | 33% (1,084) |
| 2023-24 | 3,239 | 169.5 | 19.1:1 | 33% (1,077) |
| 2022-23 | 3,145 | 188.3 | 16.7:1 | 32% (991) |
| 2020-21 | 3,114 | 194 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,961 | 191 | 15.5:1 | 30% (877) |
| 2015-16 | 2,915 | 189 | 15.4:1 | 29% (836) |
| 2010-11 | 2,995 | 154 | 19.4:1 | 25% (737) |
| 2000-01 | 3,371 | 235 | 14.3:1 | 12% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 2,427 | 153 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayfield Secondary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (2,961 to 3,256); teachers up 5% (191 to 200.9).
About Hayfield Secondary
Hayfield Secondary is a public high school run by Fairfax County Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia. It is open to students in grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 3,256 students. That is 168% bigger than the average of about 1,213 students for high schools in Virginia.
The district, Fairfax County Public Schools, operates 199 schools serving 179,323 students.
The student body at Hayfield Secondary has no majority group. White students lead at 31%. Other groups make up 27% Black, 23% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Fairfax County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Hayfield Secondary comes to 200.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2:1. High schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Virginia public high schools, Hayfield Secondary outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Hayfield Secondary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.0%, compared with a predicted 79.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Fairfax County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $153,637 a year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Fairfax County has 222 public schools with about 174,475 students, including Hayfield Secondary.
The closest school to Hayfield Secondary is Hayfield Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. Hayfield Secondary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 70.4% on proficiency, and Hayfield Secondary is below that at 66.0%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 3,114 to 3,256, a 5% rise.
Hayfield Secondary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
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- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Glasgow MiddleMiddle · 1,702 students
Other Hayfield Secondary schools
One other US public school is named Hayfield Secondary. Hayfield Secondary is the largest of the 2.
- HAYFIELD SECONDARYHAYFIELD, MN · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Hayfield Elementary0.2 mi · 600
- Lane Elementary1.0 mi · 716
- Island Creek Elementary1.3 mi · 686
- Fort Belvoir Elementary1.9 mi · 707
- Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary2.0 mi · 761
- Franconia Elementary2.2 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Hayfield SecondaryHow large is Hayfield Secondary?
Hayfield Secondary enrolls approximately 3,256 students in grades 07-12.
Is Hayfield Secondary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hayfield Secondary is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hayfield Secondary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hayfield Secondary is approximately 16.2:1 (201 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hayfield Secondary?
At Hayfield Secondary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 27% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hayfield Secondary in?
Hayfield Secondary is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.