Affordability of SFHs in NoVa School Districts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We paid less than $450k for our SFH in your tier 5.

And some of the subdivisions south of Chantilly HS are 700+ on the low end.

This whole OP is kind of subjective

It's not subjective at all. It's based on the median of MLS-reported sales of single family homes over the past 12 months, mapped to current FCPS high school boundaries.

The differences in affordability of single-family homes relative to test scores at individual schools is largely due to the other housing types that feed into a school and that are not reflected. This is only for people considering area SFHs.

But, if you are looking to buy a SFH, it is probably going to cost you a lot less to buy in the West Springfield district than in the Wakefield district, even though Wakefield has much lower scores.

[Anonymous]

^ mapped to current APS, ACPS, FCPS and FCCPS boundaries.

[Anonymous]

I knew Chantilly and W Springfield punch well above their weight-- but still intestesting. They easily outperform any Tier 4 schhol, except maybe Woodson (which has it's own issues right now) and are nearly on par with Tier 3. School bang for housing buck-- there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew Chantilly and W Springfield punch well above their weight-- but still intestesting. They easily outperform any Tier 4 schhol, except maybe Woodson (which has it's own issues right now) and are nearly on par with Tier 3. School bang for housing buck-- there you go.

By some metrics, Lake Braddock, Robinson and South Lakes, in addition to Woodson, outperform West Springfield, though not Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Surprised that Lower McLean is in the same tier as North Arlington. I thought McLean was only for the elite!!

[Anonymous]

McLean HS cluster (Lower McLean) is not elite. It is basically the same thing as North Arlington. Langley is on a different level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS cluster (Lower McLean) is not elite. It is basically the same thing as North Arlington. Langley is on a different level.

OK, you can go back to "Upper McLean" now (snicker).

[Anonymous]

Are there people who actually live in Chantilly? Chantilly? I would shoot myself if I was condemned to spend a life in Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there people who actually live in Chantilly? Chantilly? I would shoot myself if I was condemned to spend a life in Chantilly.

Chantilly HS has over 2600 kids, so apparently many families are coping just fine with their location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there people who actually live in Chantilly? Chantilly? I would shoot myself if I was condemned to spend a life in Chantilly.

Not everyone works downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew Chantilly and W Springfield punch well above their weight-- but still intestesting. They easily outperform any Tier 4 schhol, except maybe Woodson (which has it's own issues right now) and are nearly on par with Tier 3. School bang for housing buck-- there you go.

By some metrics, Lake Braddock, Robinson and South Lakes, in addition to Woodson, outperform West Springfield, though not Chantilly.

Robinson and Lake Braddock are equal, sightly above or slightly below West Springfield, depending on the year. Last year, West Springfield was highest, Robinson next and Lake Braddock lowestnof the three. Usually Robinson is the powest of the threem

Isn't Chantilly usually lower than all four of them (WS, LB, Robinson & Woodson)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there people who actually live in Chantilly? Chantilly? I would shoot myself if I was condemned to spend a life in Chantilly.

Highly educated families working near their jobs on the Dulles Tech corridor. Very diverse and multinational crew, so lots of nice neighbors and good Asian food and shopping of all stripes. Plus, 2 of the middle schools in this area (Carson plus Rocky Run) that makes up 1/3 of TJ admits. If you telework most days or don't work downtown, it's a nice quality of life with kick-ass schools (ES through HS) and the ability to buy a house in a nice SF neighborhood with sidewalks and a community pool, and still save for college. Plus, silver line expansion.

We're managing just fine. In fact, it's been three months since someone shot themselves in dispair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew Chantilly and W Springfield punch well above their weight-- but still intestesting. They easily outperform any Tier 4 schhol, except maybe Woodson (which has it's own issues right now) and are nearly on par with Tier 3. School bang for housing buck-- there you go.

By some metrics, Lake Braddock, Robinson and South Lakes, in addition to Woodson, outperform West Springfield, though not Chantilly.

Robinson and Lake Braddock are equal, sightly above or slightly below West Springfield, depending on the year. Last year, West Springfield was highest, Robinson next and Lake Braddock lowestnof the three. Usually Robinson is the powest of the threem

Isn't Chantilly usually lower than all four of them (WS, LB, Robinson & Woodson)?

You gotta define what makes a good school. WAPo challenge? US news? GS? If you want SAT scores, Chantilly is below Woodson, tied with Robinson, and ahead of LBSS & WS. GS has Marshall and WS as the only 9s (TJ with a 10) and Woodson, LBSS & Chantilly (with others as 8s). On the 3rd page of the second thread, someone posted a bunch of other metrics.

Really, WS, LBSS, Robinson, and Chantilly are probably the only 4 strong HS left in FCPS that people can afford to buy into. All great schools. Chantilly gets dunked on things like NMSFs because so many Chantilly base kids go to TJ.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/591419.page
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/544576.page

[Anonymous]

^^ Chantilly gets dinked ...

[Anonymous]

George Mason seems a bit low to me. I would put it in Tier 2 with Yorktown and McLean HS, but I understand how you used objective measures for this. I just think the FCC area is a bit more expensive than the other Tier 3 districts on this list. I could be wrong, as Vienna seems very pricey and exclusive as well.