Woodson’s US News Ranking

[Anonymous]

We got an email about the absentee rate being 22% this year. It’s bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with Woodson’s new ranking? Dropped to 16th in VA.

You get the school district you vote for.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woodson also has a terrible attendance rate compared to similar HSs in the area.

Why is that? Annandale kids?

Woodson is all outside the beltway single family homes and some townhomes. This includes the very wealthy Mantua neighborhood. So the attendance area couldn’t possible be “terrible.”

PP all those "Annandale" kids you are referring to come to Woodson via Frost...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodson also has a terrible attendance rate compared to similar HSs in the area.

Why is that? Annandale kids?

Woodson is all outside the beltway single family homes and some townhomes. This includes the very wealthy Mantua neighborhood. So the attendance area couldn’t possible be “terrible.”

PP all those "Annandale" kids you are referring to come to Woodson via Frost...

If there's any group of Woodson kids responsible for lower scores/ratings, it's not the Woodson kids living in Annandale (Canterbury Woods/Wakefield Forest), or the kids transferring from Annandale to Woodson, but kids from the area in Fairfax rezoned from Fairfax to Woodson years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodson also has a terrible attendance rate compared to similar HSs in the area.

Why is that? Annandale kids?

Woodson is all outside the beltway single family homes and some townhomes. This includes the very wealthy Mantua neighborhood. So the attendance area couldn’t possible be “terrible.”

Attendance rates don't distinguish between excused and unexcused. Every student that takes a "mental health day" or extra "Senior Skip day" counts against the school. Also all of the family trips so the Woodson number is not surprising. A lot of affluent kids have terrible attendance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with Woodson’s new ranking? Dropped to 16th in VA.

You get the school district you vote for.

Yes, top schools in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These ratings change all the time. Time for new leadership.

On the rankings maybe? Sure. But FCPS is one of the highest performing large districts in the state and nation. Not sure why people want to change that.

[Anonymous]

Could it be affected by the fact that Woodson houses a CSS site on campus? They have a decently large ED program. I teach at a nearby school and have had a kid or two each year transfer there when it was clear they weren't going to graduate under a normal courseload/self contained classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

14 Nationally for TJ

16th in VA for Woodson.

Different scale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

Sheesh, the anticipation of TJ's downfall to proclaim Woodson's rise must be exhausting. This very thread is calling out inconsistencies that may have led to Woodson's tumble in rank. If Woodson's ranking is called into question because anecdotally it doesn't "feel" like it should go down according to US News' method, then all other US News rankings, including TJ's, have also lost credibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

14 Nationally for TJ

16th in VA for Woodson.

Different scale.

Not a clarification most will or need to make when talking to out of town friends and family members, “Larla is going to Woodson this year. It’s ranked 16th and that’s saying something because TJ is now 14.”

[Anonymous]

Woodson is top twenty in Va. That’s very good. No need to worry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

FWIW Woodson is ranked #667 in the country which is still very good but nowhere near TJ at 14.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest College Board report indicates that Woodson had the fourth highest pass rate on AP exams among the county’s 17 AP high schools behind TJ, Langley, and McLean. That’s a different statistic but it’s possible that US News just used incorrect data. They aren’t infallible.

Isn't the US News data a few years old when they do the rankings? Over in the AAP forum people are claiming that re: TJ's fall in the rankings.

AAP post says TJ at 14 now so Woodson is just behind!

14 Nationally for TJ

16th in VA for Woodson.

Different scale.

Not a clarification most will or need to make when talking to out of town friends and family members, “Larla is going to Woodson this year. It’s ranked 16th and that’s saying something because TJ is now 14.”

I'm sorry but who talks about their kid's high school ranking with out of town friends and family members? They don't care.