FCPS High School Poverty and Enrollment

[Anonymous]

Lewis took the lead in F/R lunch this past school year (2022-2023), jumping past a couple of other schools and now the only school to be over 60%. Langley continues to be an outlier at the low end. All data from FCPS.edu.

School F/R%
Langley 3.97%
Thomas Jefferson 10.30%
McLean 12.32%
Madison 12.70%
Woodson 13.29%
Oakton 14.53%
Robinson 14.83%
West Springfield 17.07%
Lake Braddock 19.68%
Chantilly 20.48%
Marshall 22.56%
South County 23.31%
Hayfield 30.37% ---- Median
South Lakes 31.39%
Westfield 32.97%
Fairfax 33.36%
Centreville 33.53%
Edison 37.92%
West Potomac 46.83%
Herndon 48.58%
Annandale 55.33%
Justice 56.80%
Falls Church 58.78%
Mount Vernon 59.82%
Lewis 62.78%

The two poorest schools are also the two smallest by enrollment - Lewis and Mount Vernon. Lewis is an outlier being well below all the other schools and 630 students below the median.

School Enrollment
LEWIS HIGH 1690
MOUNT VERNON HIGH 1934
JEFFERSON SCI/TECH HIGH 1952
FALLS CHURCH HIGH 2067
LANGLEY HIGH 2093
MARSHALL HIGH 2145
MADISON HIGH 2149
ANNANDALE HIGH 2158
HAYFIELD HIGH 2160
SOUTH COUNTY HIGH 2244
EDISON HIGH 2247
JUSTICE HIGH 2280
FAIRFAX HIGH 2320 ---- Median
HERNDON HIGH 2328
MCLEAN HIGH 2436
WOODSON HIGH 2453
SOUTH LAKES HIGH 2507
ROBINSON HIGH 2528
CENTREVILLE HIGH 2556
WESTFIELD HIGH 2657
WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH 2660
OAKTON HIGH 2677
WEST POTOMAC HIGH 2678
LAKE BRADDOCK HIGH 2907
CHANTILLY HIGH 2915

But hey, the wonderful academy coming soon will inspire students to flock to Lewis...

[Anonymous]

West Springfield parents increasingly shaking in their boots each passing year as Lewis' enrollment continues to fall.

[Anonymous]

Interesting data

[Anonymous]

FCPS planning is so totally incompetent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:West Springfield parents increasingly shaking in their boots each passing year as Lewis' enrollment continues to fall.

Not really

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Springfield parents increasingly shaking in their boots each passing year as Lewis' enrollment continues to fall.

Not really

DP. If they aren’t it’s only because they are secure in the hypocrisy of the “progressive” School Board.

[Anonymous]

Some of these numbers really surprise me. Where are these families living?? This area has gotten so expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of these numbers really surprise me. Where are these families living?? This area has gotten so expensive.

What do you mean? A large share of the population in Fairfax has long been 5-18.

[Anonymous]

Blink and you’d have missed this!

I find this interesting and concerning…


Region 6, the newest region office, was created in July 2023.

Region 6 serves schools in the Annandale, Hayfield, and Lewis pyramids

So FCPS now has a new region office with only these feeder schools. Too little, too late?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of these numbers really surprise me. Where are these families living?? This area has gotten so expensive.

In Mount Vernon, there are two trailer (mobile home) parks that feed into MVHS. We also have homeless shelters. Ft. Belvoir families are zoned for MVHS - enlisted soldiers are not high wage earners and some of our FARMS students may be military families. But the majority are most likely multiple families living together in both single family homes and apartments/townhouses/condos. We also have multiple apartment complexes and most of them are older, garden style apartments and not the new, expensive ones with fancy amenities. I don't know how the affordable housing works, but I do know families can rent at reduced rates. I looked and the apartment complex that is walking distance to the high school starts at $1500 a month. And it is one of the nicer apartment complexes in the 22309 zip code (the MV zip code.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of these numbers really surprise me. Where are these families living?? This area has gotten so expensive.

In Mount Vernon, there are two trailer (mobile home) parks that feed into MVHS. We also have homeless shelters. Ft. Belvoir families are zoned for MVHS - enlisted soldiers are not high wage earners and some of our FARMS students may be military families. But the majority are most likely multiple families living together in both single family homes and apartments/townhouses/condos. We also have multiple apartment complexes and most of them are older, garden style apartments and not the new, expensive ones with fancy amenities. I don't know how the affordable housing works, but I do know families can rent at reduced rates. I looked and the apartment complex that is walking distance to the high school starts at $1500 a month. And it is one of the nicer apartment complexes in the 22309 zip code (the MV zip code.)

I cannot speak to the military at Fort Belvoir specifically, but I can speak generally. I taught in DOD schools. They historically have far fewer high school students than elementary because the parents begin retiring as the kids get older. And, FWIW, it is unlikely that there are many high school students from Fort Belvoir whose parents are in the lower enlisted ranks.
Also, I understand that military families are able to pupil place out to other schools. I am guessing that many choose this option.

[Anonymous]

I am more surprised by McLean, Woodson and lake Braddock- where do these families live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of these numbers really surprise me. Where are these families living?? This area has gotten so expensive.

In Mount Vernon, there are two trailer (mobile home) parks that feed into MVHS. We also have homeless shelters. Ft. Belvoir families are zoned for MVHS - enlisted soldiers are not high wage earners and some of our FARMS students may be military families. But the majority are most likely multiple families living together in both single family homes and apartments/townhouses/condos. We also have multiple apartment complexes and most of them are older, garden style apartments and not the new, expensive ones with fancy amenities. I don't know how the affordable housing works, but I do know families can rent at reduced rates. I looked and the apartment complex that is walking distance to the high school starts at $1500 a month. And it is one of the nicer apartment complexes in the 22309 zip code (the MV zip code.)

I cannot speak to the military at Fort Belvoir specifically, but I can speak generally. I taught in DOD schools. They historically have far fewer high school students than elementary because the parents begin retiring as the kids get older. And, FWIW, it is unlikely that there are many high school students from Fort Belvoir whose parents are in the lower enlisted ranks.
Also, I understand that military families are able to pupil place out to other schools. I am guessing that many choose this option.

All true.

I just looked at the school profiles for the 2 elementary schools located on Ft. Belvoir.

Their FARMS numbers significantly increased this past school year, from the upper teens to over 30% in both schools.

Knowing that those schools are amost completely lower level enlisted families, it is shocking to see a snapshot how much the terrible inflation of this administration has affected our enlisted troops.

Shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am more surprised by McLean, Woodson and lake Braddock- where do these families live?

Lake Braddocks boundaries are like an octopus, with tendrils everywhere in that area.

[Anonymous]

How are there any FARMs in Langley district? There is nowhere to live at the poverty level.