Alexandria City High School
Alexandria, VA · High School · Grades 9-12
Alexandria City High School is a high school in Alexandria, VA with 4,531 students enrolled and a 49% proficiency rate. Part of Alexandria City Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Alexandria City High School is a high school located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school serves 4,531 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 49% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 79% graduation rate.
44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Alexandria City High School is part of the Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Alexandria City High School has 4,531 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Alexandria City Public Schools (891 students). Its 49% proficiency rate is 2 percentage points above the district average of 47%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 3 points higher. With a 14.0:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Alexandria City High School has 4,531 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 49% of students at Alexandria City High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Alexandria City High School has a 79% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Alexandria City High School is part of the Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.