New Home Choice: Is Oakton High Really Better than Chantilly?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oakton has a richer population, so the test scores are going to be higher.

Even this isn't a given. Chantilly often has higher AP test scores and had higher sat scores a few years ago. It has been ranked higher than Oakton a few times in the past 5 years. remember rankings are based on data that is 3 to 5 years old and might not be reflective of the current student body. (e.g. taking bc calculs used to be rare for sophomores in 2019 at chantilly, now there are a few freshman taking multivar).

Really!!
Freshman taking Multivar? That is crazy acceleration. They should be in TJ not Chantilly or Oakton

[Anonymous]

OP, we will welcome you with open arms at Chantilly. It's a very tight knit community and the boundaries are compact, so kids often spend alot of time with their peers. We have a fantastic administration as well. No matter the type of kid you have they WILL find a niche at the school, just due to the sheer amount of student groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, we will welcome you with open arms at Chantilly. It's a very tight knit community and the boundaries are compact, so kids often spend alot of time with their peers. We have a fantastic administration as well. No matter the type of kid you have they WILL find a niche at the school, just due to the sheer amount of student groups.

I agree with this. My senior has had a great experience with the majority of his teachers, classes, friends, and extracurriculars. It also helps that kids live relatively close together.

[Anonymous]

We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

[Anonymous]

They are both good schools - the demographics are very different. The geographic areas they serve are very different. I hate living in Oak Hill and having my kid's school 20-25 minutes away, when there are two high schools that are 5-10 minutes away; however I have heard Chantilly is very crowded. Oakton has some very entitled rich kids, Chantilly student body seems a little more diverse and welcoming.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

Chantilly is in the process of removing lockers to make more space currently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

Chantilly is in the process of removing lockers to make more space currently.

Wow, it's that bad????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

Chantilly is in the process of removing lockers to make more space currently.

Wow, it's that bad????

Not Neceserially, but lockers are useless and take up extra space. There is no reason to keep them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

Chantilly is in the process of removing lockers to make more space currently.

Wow, it's that bad????

Not Neceserially, but lockers are useless and take up extra space. There is no reason to keep them.

As opposed to having a safe space to store things?

Lockers may be somewhat less important with kids using fewer textbooks, but they only get removed because FCPS is too incompetent to prioritize expanding overcrowded schools like Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

They will change the boundaries in a few years to send some Chantilly kids to Centreville. Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:We have loved our experience with Chantilly HS admin/teachers/students/classes/sports/clubs. It is a wonderful school. With that said, it is currently very, very, very overcrowded. My kids generally have always had 32 to 34 kids in all of their core classes -- they are squished in there like sardines.

Can kids take backpacks to class or are they required to leave them in lockers?

Kids take backpacks to class. Many kids are not assigned lockers (there are not enough for all students), including my junior and senior. It has not been an issue, given that they only get textbooks for some classes which can be kept at home for the year.

Chantilly is in the process of removing lockers to make more space currently.

Wow, it's that bad????

Not Neceserially, but lockers are useless and take up extra space. There is no reason to keep them.

No.
Kids get annoyed with lockers in the way when there are too many people in the halls due to FCPS’s constant mismanagement.

[Anonymous]

There are around 1500 freshman and sophomores at chantilly. All of them are assigned a locker. I can guarantee you less than 20 of those students use theirs.

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Anonymous wrote:Boundaries could be an issue at either school. Historically Oakton's boundaries have shifted more than any other high school in FCPS. On the other hand, Chantilly is overcrowded and it looks like FCPS's "plan" is to redistrict once Centreville has been expanded to 3000 seats.

If and when a western high school is built, along with all the new Affordable Housing developments being built in the Tysons/Vienna corridor, both of these schools stand to get a significant redistribution of wealth. Scores and ratings will go down on paper but all of that is just gossip.

That is happening in your dreams.

It's inevitable. When Centreville/Chantilly get adjusted, Oakton will likely be part of the conversation as their western reach adjacent to Chantilly won't make sense.

Woodson is getting the One University affordable housing development for 120 low income families in their catchment. It will be a few years until the data affects average Woodson scores but it won't be a surprise that the kids from that complex won't do well.

Centreville/Chantilly may get adjusted. I really doubt Oakton will get impacted.

As for the *mythical* Western HS, don’t worry about it. They kept talking about it for 10+ years but FCPS will never build one.