Centreville High School | |
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Address | |
6001 Union Mill Road , 20124 United States | |
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School type | Public, high school |
Motto | Strive for Perfection, Settle for Excellence |
Founded | February 29, 1988 |
School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
Superintendent | Michelle Reid |
Principal | Chad R. Lehman |
Staff | 247 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,535 (2016-17)[1] |
Language | English |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Carolina blue, black, and silver |
Athletics conference | Concorde District Northern Region |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Rival | Chantilly High School Westfield High School |
Feeder schools | Liberty Middle School Rocky Run Middle School |
Website | http://www.fcps.edu/CentrevilleHS |
Centreville High School (CVHS) is a public high school located in unincorporated southwestern Fairfax County, Virginia, north of Clifton and east of the Centreville.[2] Having opened in 1988 to serve the rapidly growing population of the Clifton/Centreville region, CVHS is the top of the Centreville High School Pyramid in Region 4 of the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) system. In 2010 the school was ranked as the 4th best high school in Fairfax County, and the 18th best high school out of 172 schools rated in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.[3] On a national level, in 2010 CVHS was ranked as the 130th best of all high schools in the United States.[4]
Centreville High School currently enrolls approximately 2700 students in grades 9–12. The school's students work with over 200 faculty and staff members, with the population divided between five sub-schools. The school colors are Columbia blue, black, and silver. The school is within the Clifton, Virginia zip code jurisdiction, but its physical location is closer to the unincorporated community of Centreville. Residents in the town of Clifton attend Robinson Secondary School east of Centreville.
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