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Which teacher or staff member at MARSHALL HIGH deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,200
High
DISTRICT 2,257 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000535
Marshall High
7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043 · (703) 714-5400 · Fairfax County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,200 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Virginia public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.1:1
168 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
541 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 | 510 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 570 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 567 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 553 | 25% |
Student demographics
72%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
92.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Marshall High
Marshall High's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall High this school | 2,200 | 24.6% | 80.9% |
| Gainesville High Gainesville | 2,648 | 28.1% | 83.5% |
| Fairfax High Fairfax | 2,404 | 35.4% | 75.0% |
| Stone Bridge High Ashburn | 1,629 | 20.1% | 85.0% |
| Riverside High Leesburg | 1,710 | 18.4% | 77.4% |
| Westfield High Chantilly | 2,737 | 35.7% | 68.8% |
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 Marshall High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #78 of 311 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #135 of 316 ▼ 70 | #12 of 24 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #56 of 316 ▲ 9 | #10 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,200 | #35 of 325 | #16 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #109 of 309 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #22 of 309 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #278 of 319 | #15 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #151 of 178 | #11 of 15 |
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
2,200
+97 (+5%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 1,135
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
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 | 2,200 | 168.2 | 13.1:1 | 25% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 2,190 | 153 | 14.3:1 | 25% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 2,109 | 126.8 | 16.6:1 | 23% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 2,103 | 131 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,270 | 134.3 | 16.9:1 | 17% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 2,052 | 128 | 16.0:1 | 18% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 1,618 | 87 | 18.6:1 | 16% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 1,172 | 98 | 12.0:1 | 24% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 1,135 | 74 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (2,270 to 2,200); teachers up 25% (134.3 to 168.2).
About Marshall High
At 7731 Leesburg Pike in Falls Church, Virginia, Marshall High operates as a large high school. It had 2,200 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Virginia average about 1,213 students, which makes this school 81% larger than average.
Fairfax County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Marshall High included, with 179,323 students in all.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at Marshall High, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 49% of Fairfax County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
Marshall High lists 168.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.1 students per teacher. Across high schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 25% of the student body. Among public schools in Fairfax County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Marshall High earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Virginia public high schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Marshall High's results are within a point of predicted: 80.9% against 81.4%.
Fairfax County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $153,637, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 222 public schools in the county, enrolling about 174,475, Marshall High among them.
Kilmer Middle sits about 0.7 miles from Marshall High. Marshall High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 78.8%, lower than Marshall High's 80.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 2,103 to 2,200. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.1 to 13.1 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Marshall High is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
- Haycock ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Other Marshall High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Marshall High. Marshall High is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Marshall High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 2,634 students
- Marshall High SchoolMARSHALL, TX · 1,467 students
- MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOLMARSHALL, MN · 886 students
- Marshall High SchoolMARSHALL, MI · 787 students
- Marshall High SchoolMiddletown, OH · 654 students
Nearby schools
- Kilmer Middle0.7 mi · 1,199
- Kilmer Center0.7 mi · 57
- Pimmit Early Childhood Resource Center0.8 mi · 33
- Lemon Road Elementary0.9 mi · 595
- Westgate Elementary1.0 mi · 614
- Freedom Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall HighWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall High?
Marshall High enrolls approximately 2,200 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Marshall High serve?
Marshall High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marshall High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marshall High is approximately 13.1:1 (168 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marshall High?
Student demographics at Marshall High are roughly 40% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 22% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Marshall High public or private?
Marshall High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.