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Alexandria City High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3330 King St
Alexandria, VA 22302
Phone
(703) 824-6800
District
Alexandria City Public Schools
County
ALEXANDRIA CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
4531
Classroom Teachers
324

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

1

(10 is best)

Better than 7.0% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Alexandria City High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
57%
81%
75%
85%
38%
77%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 1,229 27.1%
Grade 10 1,289 28.4%
Grade 11 886 19.6%
Grade 12 1,127 24.9%
Total 4531 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 24.2% 27.3% 48.2%
Black 26.6% 26.3% 23.2%
Hispanic 43.2% 39.1% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.7% 6.8% 8.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.0% 59.1% 54.2%
Free lunch eligible 39.4% 56.4% 52.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 2.7% 2.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 157,594 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 10,551.8 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.6% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.6% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 12.3% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 74,818 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 5.3% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.0% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.7% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.5% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.1% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.2% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.5% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.2% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.9% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,282 $164,917,000 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,224 $19,640,000 6.1%
Staff $2,681 $42,997,000 13.3%
General Administration $352 $5,648,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,081 $17,344,000 5.4%
Operation $1,517 $24,331,000 7.5%
Transportation $528 $8,476,000 2.6%
Other $825 $13,241,000 4.1%
Total Support $8,209 $131,677,000 40.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,696 $27,203,000 8.4%
Total Expenditures $20,187 $323,797,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,373 $10,552,865,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $758 $955,427,000 5.0%
Staff $1,079 $1,360,547,000 7.1%
General Administration $220 $277,323,000 1.4%
School Administration $795 $1,002,496,000 5.2%
Operation $1,221 $1,539,444,000 8.0%
Transportation $601 $757,130,000 4.0%
Other $254 $320,067,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,929 $6,212,434,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,880 $2,369,342,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $15,182 $19,134,641,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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