Madison High

As a sizable high school in Vienna, Virginia, Madison High hosts 2,090 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Fairfax County Public Schools. That puts it 72% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Madison High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Madison High lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 138 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Madison High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.1%, the actual is 90.7%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) logs that 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. Madison High is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

The closest other public school is Archer Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 84.1%.

Madison High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 2,235 students in 2018 compared to 2,090 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 58%.

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