Chantilly High School
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4201 Stringfellow Road Chantilly, Virginia 20151 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°52′50″N 77°24′23″W / 38.8805°N 77.4065°WCoordinates: 38°52′50″N 77°24′23″W / 38.8805°N 77.4065°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1972 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Karen Garza |
| Principal | Teresa Johnson |
| Staff | approximately 356 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,661 (2010–11) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Purple and white |
| Athletics conference |
Concorde District Northern Region |
| Mascot | Chargers |
| Rival |
Centreville High School Westfield High School Oakton High School |
| Newspaper | The Purple Tide |
| Feeder schools | Franklin Middle School Rocky Run Middle School Rachel Carson Middle School |
| Website | fcps |
Chantilly High School (CHS) is a public high school located in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.
Chantilly High School is home to four years of study, 9th–12th grade. It is organized into five different "subschools" which each provide administration for a different group of students. Subschools 1–4 are divided by student surnames. Subschool 5 consists of the Chantilly Center, a special-education co-facility which serves students from a wider geographical area than the rest of Chantilly High School. The school uses a block scheduling system.
Chantilly was listed in Newsweek in 2003 as the 72nd-best public high school in America.
Chantilly High School is also home to Chantilly Academy, which offers classes for students in the FCPS school district, including culinary, engineering, Auto Tech, Cisco Networking, and Cosmetology. A full listing of classes may be found at their web site The Academy is home to Chantilly Robotics, a FIRST robotics team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition, composed of students from around FCPS. Chantilly Academy is also home to VA-20012, Chantilly Academy Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corp). The mission of the program is to build better citizens through the practice of leadership. The program hase one of the state's highest achieving drill team and color guards.
In 2015–2016, students were approximately 31% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 7% non-Hispanic black and 44% non-Hispanic white; just over 52% were male.
Many of the sports teams have qualified for district, regional, or state competitions. Various clubs and honor societies are active throughout the school year. In December 2007, The Odyssey's adviser-teacher, Mary Kay Downes, won the National Yearbook Adviser of the Year award for her work for yearbooks all over the county.
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