| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Fairfax County, VA |
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| Total Students |
2118 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
48% /
52% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
142 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 576 students | | Grade 10 - 579 students | | Grade 11 - 502 students | | Grade 12 - 461 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
8% |
3% |
| % Hispanic |
18% |
5% |
| % Black |
25% |
27% |
| % White |
45% |
63% |
| % Unknown |
4 % |
3% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
21% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
7% |
5% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Fairfax County Public s School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
207 |
8 |
| Number of Students Managed |
163,753 students |
3,743 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$2,054,496,000 |
$37,199,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$2,038,156,000 |
$37,511,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$12,546 |
$9,938 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$12,447 |
$10,022 |
| District Graduation Rates |
89% |
88% |
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- West Potomac High School is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
- History
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West Potomac High School was formed by combining the student bodies and staff of Groveton and Fort Hunt High Schools in 1985. The Fairfax County School Board, citing costs and declining enrollment as causes, decided to close Fort Hunt and combine the schools on Groveton's site. Since Groveton and Fort Hunt had a traditional rivalry going back for many years, this was a highly controversial decision which prompted the School Board to rename Groveton in a mostly-successful move to defuse the controversy.
- The school's facilities have been expanded significantly since the merger, with two wings added to the main building over the intervening years. The old Groveton High School building now houses the Earl L. Pulley Career Center, while the site of Fort Hunt High school became Carl Sandburg Middle School.
- In its inaugural year, the school adopted the motto, "the Tradition Begins Now." After several years, however, it was modified to "Excellence is a Tradition." There is a rivalry with neighboring Mount Vernon High School because of its close proximity.
- School Fight Song"Hail West Potomac Wolverines we sing to you with pride. Our school is number one and we'll tell our story far and wide, LETS GO RINES! We sing to the mighty Wolveriens in silver, blue and white, we know were the best, so lets go West, Potomac get a win tonight. FIGHT!"
- Demographics
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In 2007-2008, West Potomac's student body was 43.42% White; 24.68% Black; 19.35% Hispanic; 8.14% Asian; 4.40% Other.
- Sports
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In recent years, the school's track and field program and cross country have been very successful. The Men's Crew Team has been moderately successful. In the 2004-05 season, the boys track team won the regional title. In the 2008-09 season, the boys track team remained the AAA Patriot District champions for the 8th year in a row, while the girls track team moved up to the second place standing, behind Lake Braddock Secondary School.
- West Potomac won Virginia AAA football championships in 1989 and 1990. The Wolverines also won state championships in girls cross country in 1989 and 1990. The West Potomac It's Academic team won first place in the Patriot District and fourth in the region in January 2008.
- Notable alumni
- Diedrich Bader — actor, The Drew Carey Show, Office Space. (attended Groveton High School, graduated from T. C. Williams High School)
- Robert Byrd, 2007 — current college football wide receiver for Troy University.
- Donna Dixon — Actress, Miss Virginia USA, 1976, and wife of Dan Aykroyd. (Groveton High School graduate)
- Bryan Howard — Bass guitarist, Slackdaddy.
- Tiombe Hurd, 1991 — 2004 Olympian who holds the American record in the triple jump
- Micah Johnson — American football player, University of Kentucky. (Transferred to Fort Campbell High School in Fort Campbell, KY in 2004, graduated in 2006.)
- Michelle Madison, 1989 — Model, television personality, TV Guide Network.
- Willie Pile, 1998 — Professional American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys)
- Ashley Wagner — Figure skater.
- Ian Werden — Drummer, Slackdaddy.
- External links
- West Potomac Wire
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (22307) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
9,505 people |
6,688,554 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
64% |
26% |
| Population Average Age |
43 years old
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35 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.1 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$72,083
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$50,018 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.1 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
52 years old |
34 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
75% / 25% |
66% / 34% |
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