West Potomac High
Alexandria, VA · High School · Grades 9-12
West Potomac High is a high school in Alexandria, VA with 2,764 students enrolled and a 53% proficiency rate. Part of Fairfax County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
West Potomac High is a high school located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school serves 2,764 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 53% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 81% graduation rate.
48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
West Potomac High is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
West Potomac High has 2,764 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Fairfax County Public Schools (904 students). Its 53% proficiency rate is 4 percentage points below the district average of 56%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 7 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
West Potomac High has 2,764 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 53% of students at West Potomac High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
West Potomac High has a 81% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
West Potomac High is part of the Fairfax County 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.
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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.