which HS (Oakton, Madison, Mclean) our family should choose

[Anonymous]

Your housing budget seems low for most of the places you mentioned, considering the size of your family. You might want to either look west as other posters have said or up that budget.

[Anonymous]

With that housing budget and the size of your family, homes in those school zones may be out of your reach. If you can find one, those schools are all great.

[Anonymous]

Chantilly is more friendly. Lots is Asians and STEM. Fairfax High is the most walkable if you’re looking for community.

[Anonymous]

What a bunch of unhelpful posts. OP says he’s not interested in Langley, yet posters push Langley. And private schools. Just answer the question he’s frigging asking already.

[Anonymous]

OP here.
We have four kids so we can not afford private school at all. I know Langley is a great school but the area is considered "too" wealthy to our family so we will not feel comfortable especially given our tight budget we can spend on the house. We never want to stretch our budget into a more wealthy area. T

[Anonymous]

Will some of your kids share a room? Are you open to a townhouse?

If no, then looking at Redfin, Oakton is the only zone with houses for your family at that housing budget right now. And, there are only a handful of those, a longer bus ride from school. That's why people are suggesting you raise your budget or look at other schools.

If you can work with just 3 bedrooms then you have options in all three zones.

I realize that's just a snapshot of real estate today, but you don't want to be bidding on a unicorn to stay in your chosen school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will some of your kids share a room? Are you open to a townhouse?

If no, then looking at Redfin, Oakton is the only zone with houses for your family at that housing budget right now. And, there are only a handful of those, a longer bus ride from school. That's why people are suggesting you raise your budget or look at other schools.

If you can work with just 3 bedrooms then you have options in all three zones.

I realize that's just a snapshot of real estate today, but you don't want to be bidding on a unicorn to stay in your chosen school.

Also Madison and Oakton have a reasonably high concentration of Asians but my understanding is that there is a higher concentration in Woodson and Chantilly and those budgets and country clubs/swim and tennis clubs match up with what OP wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will some of your kids share a room? Are you open to a townhouse?

If no, then looking at Redfin, Oakton is the only zone with houses for your family at that housing budget right now. And, there are only a handful of those, a longer bus ride from school. That's why people are suggesting you raise your budget or look at other schools.

If you can work with just 3 bedrooms then you have options in all three zones.

I realize that's just a snapshot of real estate today, but you don't want to be bidding on a unicorn to stay in your chosen school.

Also Madison and Oakton have a reasonably high concentration of Asians but my understanding is that there is a higher concentration in Woodson and Chantilly and those budgets and country clubs/swim and tennis clubs match up with what OP wants.

+1 I would definitely say that OP should consider Chantilly. It is majority Asian, with a terrific STEM focus, and reasonable (not "uber-wealthy") homes.

[Anonymous]

Please don't come to Chantilly OP. We're happy that we have almost no people who make over 400k in our school community and we need to preserve that. Go to Oakton if you make that much money.

[Anonymous]

Mclean also has a high concentration of swim and tennis clubs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't come to Chantilly OP. We're happy that we have almost no people who make over 400k in our school community and we need to preserve that. Go to Oakton if you make that much money.

How do you know how much money people sending their kids to Chantilly make? I know there are some people at Chantilly with a bug up their ass about Oakton generally being wealthier but your post is just weird.

[Anonymous]

Note that if you choose McLean, the pool and tennis clubs in McLean and nearby North Arlington and Falls Church likely have multi-year waitlists to join.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't come to Chantilly OP. We're happy that we have almost no people who make over 400k in our school community and we need to preserve that. Go to Oakton if you make that much money.[/quote

OP, if your kid is a superstar make sure you educate yourself on Asian admissions to TJHSST and recent changes to the admissions process

[Anonymous]

Op should look at more affordable areas. That budget is not going to work for a family of 6 in those zones.

[Anonymous]

OP - of the schools you mentioned for your family I’d go with McLean, then Oakton, then Woodson - but all are good and it’s not worth over-extending yourself financially just to get into a particular school district. Also Chantilly is worth considering but it’s very big (almost 3000 kids).