Westfield High School (Virginia)
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4700 Stonecroft Boulevard Chantilly, Virginia 20151  United States
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | United in Excellence, Committed to Achievement |
| Founded | 2000 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Anthony E. Copeland |
| Staff | approximately 300 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,926 (2010–11) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black, gold, and white |
| Athletics conference |
Concorde District Northern Region |
| Mascot | Bulldogs |
| Rival |
Centreville High School Chantilly High School Oakton High School Herndon High School |
| Feeder schools |
Ormond Stone Middle School Rachel Carson Middle School Rocky Run Middle School |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/WestfieldHS |
Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP.
It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in grades 9–12. Opened in 2000, it is the head of the Westfield High School Pyramid in Cluster VIII. Westfield's main building has the same layout as South County High School (Fairfax County, Virginia). At 3,260 students, it is one of the largest four-year high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The school was listed as the 46th best high school in the United States by Newsweek magazine in 2002 and 27th in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area by The Washington Post in 2006 due to a high percentage of students enrolled in Westfield's Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Westfield shares a business partnership with Northrop Grumman's business IT group that entails sharing of buildings, as well as financial donations and gifts of supplies. It also shares an education partnership with Centreville Presbyterian Church to improve student achievement.
Westfield was first conceived to help deal with the extensive overcrowding at adjacent schools, primarily Centreville and Chantilly high schools. Plans for Westfield High school might have originated in 1997 when it was conceived as West County High School. Westfield's colors and mascot were chosen by Alex Hale in the months before its grand opening in 2000. By 2005, Westfield had grown so large that it had become one of the largest four-year high schools in Virginia. An additional wing was planned to help deal with the overcrowding, and was completed in summer of 2006.
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