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Enrollment
893
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALLS CHURCH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510129000283
Meridian High
121 Mustang Alley, Falls Church, VA 22043 · (703) 248-5500 · Falls Church city
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
122 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 208 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 216 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 224 | 25% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Falls Church City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
97.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
90.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Meridian High
Meridian High's state test result (90.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian High this school | 893 | 13.7% | 90.3% |
| Loudoun Valley High Purcellville | 1,149 | 16.0% | 83.7% |
| Kettle Run High Nokesville | 1,175 | 13.5% | 69.5% |
| Tabb High Yorktown | 1,153 | 21.8% | 87.5% |
| Hidden Valley High Roanoke | 832 | 26.1% | 85.1% |
| Jamestown High Williamsburg | 1,243 | 24.9% | 79.0% |
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 Meridian High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #14 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #49 of 316 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #10 of 316 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #191 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #114 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #152 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #305 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #71 of 131 |
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
893
+34 (+4%) vs 2020
+57% since 2000-01, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 893 | 67.6 | 13.2:1 | 14% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 887 | 64.7 | 13.7:1 | 13% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 865 | 64 | 13.5:1 | 10% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 56 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 66 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 66 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 7% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 12% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridian High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (826 to 893); teachers up 2% (66 to 67.6).
About Meridian High
Meridian High is a low-enrollment high school in Falls Church, Virginia, under Falls Church City Public Schools. The school has 893 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Virginia have about 1,213 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
Meridian High is one of 5 schools in Falls Church City Public Schools, which enrolls 2,671 students in total.
The student body at Meridian High is 61% White. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Falls Church city's residents are about 70% White, 9 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meridian High is 13.2:1, based on 67.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia. Meridian High counts 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Falls Church city average a similar 13%.
Meridian High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Virginia public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 84.4% for Meridian High. The school posts 90.3%, 5.9 points above the prediction.
In the wider Falls Church city area, the median household earns about $143,262 a year, about 81% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 2%. Meridian High shares Falls Church city with 3 other public schools.
Meridian High's nearest public school is Mary Ellen Henderson Middle (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 85.7%; Meridian High's is 90.3%, ranking 4th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Meridian High had a net gain of 34 students, or 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Falls Church city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,710
Census ACS
Median income
$143,262
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
81%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
2,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Falls Church City Public Schools
- Mary Ellen Henderson MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- Oak Street ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Mount Daniel ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Jessie Thackrey PreschoolElementary · 73 students
Other schools in Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 1,226 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Haycock ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Other Meridian High schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Meridian High. Meridian High is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 1,774 students
- Meridian High SchoolMeridian, MS · 1,253 students
- Meridian High SchoolBELLINGHAM, WA · 534 students
- Meridian High SchoolMacon, IL · 287 students
- Meridian High SchoolMERIDIAN, TX · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Ellen Henderson Middle0.1 mi · 632
- Lemon Road Elementary0.4 mi · 595
- Mount Daniel Elementary0.6 mi · 486
- Shrevewood Elementary1.0 mi · 579
- Haycock Elementary1.1 mi · 838
- Oak Street Elementary1.1 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Meridian HighWhat is the total enrollment at Meridian High?
Meridian High enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Meridian High serve?
Meridian High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Meridian High have?
Meridian High employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Meridian High?
Student demographics at Meridian High are roughly 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Meridian High public or private?
Meridian High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Falls Church City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.