Heights vs. Bishop O’Connell academics

[Anonymous]

If you had experience with both, how would you compare their academics and students’ college outcomes?

[Anonymous]

I’m struggling to imagine someone who has kids who attend(ed) both of these schools.

[Anonymous]

Really? I sometimes see people posting that one child attended X school and another Y because it was a better fit for that specific child, but admittedly I’ve never heard that about these two schools.

[Anonymous]

Well just for starters, it’s hard to see how the location wouldn’t be a huge factor between them.

[Anonymous]

The Heights buses some students from NOVA, or at least they used to (my son no longer goes there). He had a good number of classmates from Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m struggling to imagine someone who has kids who attend(ed) both of these schools.

+1

O’Connell is for normal people.

[Anonymous]

If I remember correctly, this year, the Heights had some very impressive matriculations. Not sure that would ever be the case for O'Connell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, this year, the Heights had some very impressive matriculations. Not sure that would ever be the case for O'Connell.

LOL, that's incredibly inaccurate

[Anonymous]

IDK if they call themselves "classical" but The Heights is more aligned with a traditional curriculum in that camp. They are also deliberately low-tech. DJO will have more standard fare offerings. You'll read some classics and also some more modern publications and have a regular amount of laptop etc use in classrooms. That's my understanding anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, this year, the Heights had some very impressive matriculations. Not sure that would ever be the case for O'Connell.

LOL, that's incredibly inaccurate

Welp looking at the Instagram posts, at O'Connell, only 4 out of 180 students matriculate to T20 school (2%), and at The Heights, 5 out of 31 students are going to T20 (16%). I'd say statistically The Heights has the edge here.

https://www.instagram.com/heights26_seniors_destinations/

https://www.instagram.com/djodecisions2026/

[Anonymous]

DJO has WAY more than 180 graduating students

Also, comparing 31 vs 180 and applying a % is just a dumb exercise. If you're kid is at the top, they can thrive at DJO. My class sent kids to Princeton, Duke, NW, "other IVYS lol" and a ton to UVA. I'm pretty sure the graduating class is closer to 300+ so if you're at the top, you'll do just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, this year, the Heights had some very impressive matriculations. Not sure that would ever be the case for O'Connell.

LOL, that's incredibly inaccurate

Welp looking at the Instagram posts, at O'Connell, only 4 out of 180 students matriculate to T20 school (2%), and at The Heights, 5 out of 31 students are going to T20 (16%). I'd say statistically The Heights has the edge here.

https://www.instagram.com/heights26_seniors_destinations/

https://www.instagram.com/djodecisions2026/

These stats are just wrong (mostly by being incomplete)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? I sometimes see people posting that one child attended X school and another Y because it was a better fit for that specific child, but admittedly I’ve never heard that about these two schools.

Crossing the bridge is a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? I sometimes see people posting that one child attended X school and another Y because it was a better fit for that specific child, but admittedly I’ve never heard that about these two schools.

Crossing the bridge is a nightmare.

Yeah, it boggles my mind this question was even asked in good faith after getting these "Heights" boosters commenting now. They're completely different schools in very different areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, this year, the Heights had some very impressive matriculations. Not sure that would ever be the case for O'Connell.

LOL, that's incredibly inaccurate

Welp looking at the Instagram posts, at O'Connell, only 4 out of 180 students matriculate to T20 school (2%), and at The Heights, 5 out of 31 students are going to T20 (16%). I'd say statistically The Heights has the edge here.

https://www.instagram.com/heights26_seniors_destinations/

https://www.instagram.com/djodecisions2026/

We're quoting IG as a source now - lovely