Best High Schools in Fairfax based on college outcomes (not incl TJHSST)?

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Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

That's why MANY of us moved here and simply won't accept the agenda of the current school board.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/langleycommits2023/

https://www.instagram.com/madisondecisions2023/

https://www.instagram.com/mcleancommits2023/

Is there one for Marshall?

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Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

It has been this way for some time.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

I'd like to move out of FCPS schools

+3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

Langley kids don’t seem like they post as many admissions. McLean has more kids but not 3x the amount.

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Sadly FCPS has been on a downward trend for many years in large part due to ineffective boards that make pure choices for superintendent, That said any of these schools will provide your kids a shot at top 50 programs; McLean, Langley, Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Chantilly, and South Lakes as PP noted.

Most important thing is to ensure that starting in 7th grade they are taking appropriate math classes and take 10 - 12 AP courses and the most rigorous math an science subjects.

Now, elementary school, is the time to begin the planning process. Yes, it sucks to start this early but that is the reality if that is the goal of the child. Wait and you will be competing against 50 kids from your own school alone with superior credentials.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

Langley kids don’t seem like they post as many admissions. McLean has more kids but not 3x the amount.

Langley had about 520 seniors this year. McLean had about 620.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly FCPS has been on a downward trend for many years in large part due to ineffective boards that make pure choices for superintendent, That said any of these schools will provide your kids a shot at top 50 programs; McLean, Langley, Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Chantilly, and South Lakes as PP noted.

Most important thing is to ensure that starting in 7th grade they are taking appropriate math classes and take 10 - 12 AP courses and the most rigorous math an science subjects.

Now, elementary school, is the time to begin the planning process. Yes, it sucks to start this early but that is the reality if that is the goal of the child. Wait and you will be competing against 50 kids from your own school alone with superior credentials.

TBH, I cant tell if this is a real poster or someone mockingly imitating a real poster.

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Anonymous wrote:^my point is not to think about college when they are in elementary school.

Yeah, that's not a reality. Parents need to know what programs to enroll their children in so that they can compete in High School. There are a lot of parents that map out which grad schools to target as undergrad is just a waypoint nowadays. To answer their question, for now, several public high schools provide opportunities that outperform private ones. Outside of TJ, the top students from Langley, Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Chantilly, and South Lakes do just fine competing for the top-tier colleges and universities.

I get that. I was that parent, from looking at the best academic preschools and then enrolling in all of the right things in elementary for a balanced life with academics, sports and enrichment. We purposely bought in Madison because we felt that school would have the best all around opportunities for my kids. My point is you have no idea what they will need when they are teens. I never thought we would switch to private for one of ours because of special needs. That wasn’t on my mind ten years ago.

Look for a house and neighborhood you like. Don’t worry about “the best” right now because all we know for sure is that our kids are all going to throw curve balls at us at some point in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly FCPS has been on a downward trend for many years in large part due to ineffective boards that make pure choices for superintendent, That said any of these schools will provide your kids a shot at top 50 programs; McLean, Langley, Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Chantilly, and South Lakes as PP noted.

Most important thing is to ensure that starting in 7th grade they are taking appropriate math classes and take 10 - 12 AP courses and the most rigorous math an science subjects.

Now, elementary school, is the time to begin the planning process. Yes, it sucks to start this early but that is the reality if that is the goal of the child. Wait and you will be competing against 50 kids from your own school alone with superior credentials.

I would Marshall to that list, maybe even before South Lakes.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

I wrote this. We moved to FCPS for schools 18 years ago. If i could go back, I would stay in private and if public was the only choice, I'd pick McLean. All it takes is a new principal to change a school. My kids have been at 2 schools now, where the majority of people were happy, only to have a new principal come in and make drastic changes that the majority of parents did not want.

Consider staying in DC and sending your kids to one of the international schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^my point is not to think about college when they are in elementary school.

Yeah, that's not a reality. Parents need to know what programs to enroll their children in so that they can compete in High School. There are a lot of parents that map out which grad schools to target as undergrad is just a waypoint nowadays. To answer their question, for now, several public high schools provide opportunities that outperform private ones. Outside of TJ, the top students from Langley, Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Chantilly, and South Lakes do just fine competing for the top-tier colleges and universities.

Just wonder why Woodson is not in the above list? Underperformance or something? (Another parent of elementary kids )

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Anonymous wrote:They’re interchangeable. And you need to chill out.

+1. Any bright child with involved and caring parents is able to excel in FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re interchangeable. And you need to chill out.

+1. Any bright child with involved and caring parents is able to excel in FCPS.

We moved from one of the worst FCPS schools to one of the best. The peer groups are night and day. We now live in McLean where almost all the parents are grad school educated and have high educational standards for their children. The academic clubs and extracurricular opportunities are very different. The school environment is different when all the students have college goals compared to a school where most students don’t have parents who are college educated.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

That's why MANY of us moved here and simply won't accept the agenda of the current school board.

The current school board is perfectly acceptable to me, actually. My child did well over COVID and is thriving now.