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West Potomac High

A public regular school in Alexandria, Virginia, in Fairfax County Public Schools. NCES’s record for 2024–25.

The school in 2024–25

2,710
Students enrolled
210.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
1,316 48.6% of students
Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligibility, as the state reported it. It is not a count of family income.
1,151
Directly certified for free meals

Students by grade, and by race and sex, 2024–25

Students at West Potomac High by grade, 2024–25, as NCES published them
GradeStudents
Grade 9672
Grade 10661
Grade 11712
Grade 12665
Not Specified0

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Students at West Potomac High by race/ethnicity and sex, 2024–25, as NCES published them
Race/ethnicityFemaleMale
American Indian or Alaska Native37
Asian8166
Black or African American213232
Hispanic/Latino593573
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander52
Two or more races4762
White381445
Not SpecifiedNot in NCES’s fileNot in NCES’s file

NCES’s own subtotals, under its own names. The race and sex counts are NCES’s subtotal without adult education, so they can add to less than the enrollment above. A count NCES suppressed or did not receive says so; this site computes no cell, total or share from them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 2,710 in 2024–⁠25
Larger than 99% of the 95,462 public schools in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. Larger than 99% of the 1,860 schools in Virginia that report one.
Pupils per teacher: 12.9 in 2024–⁠25
More than 33% of the 91,868 schools reporting both pupils and teachers. Pupils per full-time-equivalent teacher, the school’s own two counts.

The school’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular School
Charter
No
Grades
Grade 9 to Grade 12
Level
High
Locale
Suburb, large
County
Fairfax County
School lunch program
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO
Virtual instruction
Supplemental Virtual
NCES school ID
510126000489

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Sources

  • Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved October 21, 2026

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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