High school SAT scores in Northern Virginia (2016)
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Anonymous
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2016 SAT Scores for Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria High Schools:
TJHSST 2198 H-B Woodlawn 1860 Langley 1851 McLean 1821 Madison 1789 George Mason 1760 Woodson 1755 Yorktown 1752 Oakton 1750 Washington-Lee 1702 Marshall 1699 Chantilly 1685 Robinson 1685 Lake Braddock 1673 South Lakes 1671 West Springfield 1659 Centreville 1653 Herndon 1621 Westfield 1609 Fairfax 1603 South County 1598 West Potomac 1571 Hayfield 1530 Annandale 1520 Falls Church 1510 Edison 1498 Stuart 1489 Lee 1476 TC Williams 1458 Wakefield 1431 Mount Vernon 1387 |
Anonymous
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Another way to view:
Tier One: TJHSST 2198 (highly selective magnet) Tier Two: H-B Woodlawn 1860; Langley 1851; McLean 1821; Madison 1789; George Mason 1760; Woodson 1755; Yorktown 1752; Oakton 1750 (best of the neighborhood schools) Tier Three: Washington-Lee 1702; Marshall 1699; Chantilly 1685; Robinson 1685; Lake Braddock 1673; South Lakes 1671; West Springfield 1659; Centreville 1653 (above-average for NoVa) Tier Four: Herndon 1621; Westfield 1609; Fairfax 1603; South County 1598; West Potomac 1571 (above-average for Virginia state/nation) Tier Five: Hayfield 1530; Annandale 1520; Falls Church 1510; Edison 1498; Stuart 1489; Lee 1476; TC Williams 1458; Wakefield 1431; Mount Vernon 1387 (below average nationally) |
Anonymous
| H-B Woodlawn isn't a neighborhood school; there's a lottery to get in and students all over Arlington can apply. But because you have to care enough to apply, there's some self-selection at work and it attracts motivated kids. |
Anonymous
| H-B Woodlawn beats Langley and McLean? |
Anonymous
Yes. That's been the case for years. It also has about 1/6 of the number of students as Langley or McLean. |
Anonymous
I thought they are traditionally in the 4th-6th spot range and the only Arlington school in the top ten most years. |
Anonymous
| W-L highly diverse compared to YHS and the like. Having an AVERAGE score only 50 points lower is very impressive. In fact, when demographics are aligned scores are greater. |
Anonymous
No, H-B usually is behind TJ in NoVa, and Yorktown is also always in the top 10 for NoVa. Yorktown would drop out of the top 10 regionally if you added the top schools from suburban Maryland into the mix. |
Anonymous
It's not surprising since the IB program at W-L gets transfers from Yorktown, but W-L keeps its AP students (that's one reason why APS is now having to change the HS boundaries). Plus some of the lower-income kids at W-L don't even take the SATs. |
Anonymous
Or had the diversity of some of the other schools... #scores don't matter for the individual #kids worse off applying to VA state universities with a homogenous population and quotas |
Anonymous
What "quotas"? Are you saying the same number of kids get into U. Va. from Wakefield as from Yorktown? Prove it. |
Anonymous
Anyone who has ever worked in college admissions knows this. I worked college admissions, but you can't prove it because it's a dirty secret no one will admit to. It just happens. |
Anonymous
I know it because I was wait-listed as #10 in a Fairfax County class of 650 students at two BA universities. Tons of honors, activities and varsity sports. When we contacted the universities they out right told is I was victim of NoVA quota. It's much worse now than it was 25 years ago, btw. Be the big fish in small pond. Better than going to one of these HS like Langley or Yorktown. |
Anonymous
So you're basically making stuff up with nothing to back it up. |
Anonymous
| If you want your kid to hold their own among a strong peer group in college, you pick a strong high school, not a Wakefield or Mount Vernon. |