meridian vs mclean vs yorktown

[Anonymous]

would love to hear thoughts on these highschools as we are looking at homes in each of these areas for schools.
i know meridian has IB and the others do not
how is teacher to student ratio? teachers overall? good bad and ugly we will take it all

[Anonymous]

McLean is more diverse than Yorktown.
Meridian is smaller than either.
Most student will do find at all three.

As you said Meridian is IB and the other two are AP - so that is a choice.

Otherwise pick the house that best fits your family and has the shortest commutes.

[Anonymous]

Yorktown and Meridian are both in new facilities with all the latest bells and whistles. McLean HS sorely needs a renovation and expansion for its growing student body.

[Anonymous]

Overall academics - McLean

Sports - Yorktown

Smaller feel - Meridian

[Anonymous]

Meridian is kids who have all been together K-12. Not that new people don’t live to FCC but it’s small and can be insular. I have friends where the kid has not found a crowd there and not a lot of options.

Yorktown and McLean are same difference. Pick the type of neighborhood and house you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meridian is kids who have all been together K-12. Not that new people don’t live to FCC but it’s small and can be insular. I have friends where the kid has not found a crowd there and not a lot of options.

Yorktown and McLean are same difference. Pick the type of neighborhood and house you want.

Yorktown and McLean have similar neighborhoods and income levels. The main difference is that FCPS has a more structured advanced academic program at the elementary and middle school levels, which attracts some families, including many Asian families, to the McLean pyramid, whereas APS has a less structured advanced academics programs, which attracts other families to the Yorktown pyramid. But as a result McLean has a higher academic profile - for example, McLean has 22 National Merit Semifinalists this fall, whereas Yorktown had three. McLean also won the state Scholastic Bowl a couple of years ago and the DC region's "It's Academic" contest this past year. Yorktown is less intense academically, and generally stronger at sports.

Both Yorktown and McLean will put you between the DC region's two biggest job markets - DC and Tysons/Reston. Yorktown puts you closer to DC; McLean puts you closer to Tysons.

[Anonymous]

McLean is massively overcrowded with no plans for an expansion. They had to remove the lockers to make space for the students in the hallways between classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean is massively overcrowded with no plans for an expansion. They had to remove the lockers to make space for the students in the hallways between classes.

Guess a lot of families want to send their kids there.

[Anonymous]

I know there is a lot of back and forth about the need for a fourth comprehensive high school in APS in addition to Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield, and the will seems to be lacking to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there is a lot of back and forth about the need for a fourth comprehensive high school in APS in addition to Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield, and the will seems to be lacking to do it.

The same could be said for the long proposed but never built western high school in FCPS. That said, Yorktown will remain the smallest of the APS high schools, but the most competitive in sports due to demographics. So it would be harder to make teams with cuts than at McLean HS for example.

[Anonymous]

How would the “missing middle” proposal in Arlington potentially affect Yorktown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would the “missing middle” proposal in Arlington potentially affect Yorktown?

It would affect W-L the most since all those single family neighborhoods along the Orange Line would more than likely transition to higher density. That could mean even more neighborhoods would be moved to Yorktown from the W-L zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would the “missing middle” proposal in Arlington potentially affect Yorktown?

It would affect W-L the most since all those single family neighborhoods along the Orange Line would more than likely transition to higher density. That could mean even more neighborhoods would be moved to Yorktown from the W-L zone.

We were over crowded before missing middle. What a nightmare.