James Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

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James Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
2500 James Madison Drive

22181

United States
Coordinates 38°53′45″N77°16′44″W / 38.89583°N 77.27889°W / 38.89583; -77.27889
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Other nameJMHS
Type Public high school
Established1959 (1959)
School district Fairfax County Public Schools
NCES School ID 510126000532 [1]
PrincipalLiz Calvert
Teaching staff141.71 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,203 (2016–2017) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.55 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)   Red and black
Athletics conference
MascotWarhawk
Nickname Warhawks
NewspaperThe Hawk Talk
Website madisonhs.fcps.edu

James Madison High School (JMHS) is a public high school in Vienna, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district. According to Newsweek Magazine's 2014 list of the top US high schools, Madison was ranked 93. U.S. News & World Report named it a Silver Medal school in 2010. The school has a 98% graduation rate.

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Demographics

In the 2020–2021 school year, James Madison High School's student body was 62.71% White, 14.73% Asian, 12.60% Hispanic, 1.86% Black and 8.11% Other. [2]

Standardized testing

James Madison High School continually surpasses most Virginia schools in statewide and nationwide exams. For the 2006–2007 academic year, Madison's average score on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) was 95%. [3] In 2015, Madison's average SAT score of 1744 far exceeded the state (1533) and national (1467) averages; the school's average ACT score of 26.6 likewise outperformed state (23.1) and national (21.0) figures. [4]

Athletics

James Madison's sports teams play in the Concorde District and 6A Northern Region. Their traditional rival schools include nearby schools Oakton, Langley, Marshall, Chantilly, and South Lakes.

Crew

Founded in 2002, the James Madison Rowing team rows out of Sandy Run Regional Park, which is set on the banks of the Occoquan River. Both the men's and women's teams have had a fair amount of success. The women's team holds multiple state championships and went so far as to win the Stotesbury Cup and SRAA National Championship (1V8) in 2013. [5]

Marching Band and Concert Band

The James Madison High School "Pride of Vienna" Marching Band has won three consecutive Virginia state championships in 2018, 2019 and 2021 as well as the Bands of America mid-Atlantic regional in 2019. [6] They also attended the 2019 Bands of America Grand National Championships, where they achieved second place in class 3A, placing them at 29th overall in the semifinals. [7] The school is one of the five schools to have earned the Sudler Flag twice. In the 2022 VBODA (Virginia Band & Orchestra Association) assessment, the school's symphonic band achieved perfect grades for grade 4, with its wind symphony achieving the same in grade 6, making it the highest achieving band in the district. [8]

Newspaper

Madison's resident newspaper is The Hawk Talk , run by students and advised by Lauren Arvis. Their Editor-in-Chiefs for the 2022-23 school year are Connor Foote, Cate Langhorn, Aidan Rundell, and Mallory Vaudo.

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