Lewis High

Lewis High is a mid-sized senior high in Springfield, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school instructs 1,658 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Lewis High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lewis High records that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Asian, 11% White, 10% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lewis High has 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lewis High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 61.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household earnings sit near $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lewis High is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Nearest neighbor: Forestdale Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lewis High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 1,786 students in 2018 compared to 1,658 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 45% to 57%.

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