FCPS High School prestige ranking
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Anonymous
Nah, but we do understand your pique at having been relegated to the second tier by OP. These threads are annoying. |
Anonymous
That’s because Langley is such an amazing school that less people apply to TJ. |
Anonymous
Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference. That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236. |
Anonymous
Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School. McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it. |
Anonymous
Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade. But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac. |
Anonymous
This is like arguing the difference between Princeton and Yale. It’s a pretty silly argument. |
Anonymous
Why? I would prefer my kids go to Potomac over TJ. Mine go to a similar independent. Both had a good chance at getting admitted to TJ, but they are athletes and never applied. |
Anonymous
Who knew that the Cooper folks would get this bent out of shape over someone (not me) posting stats on almost twice as many Longfellow kids getting into TJ this past year? It’s just one year. Maybe they shouldn’t have started posting about the relative “prestige” of middle schools. Posting about the “prestige” of public high schools was silly enough. |
Anonymous
Potomac accepts around 45 incoming 9th graders each year. People with money are only interested in Sidwell, St. Albans, GDS, or Potomac. They don't care much for TJHSST. Now go back to your poor neighborhood. |
Anonymous
Not the PP, but Longfellow booster, you just sound absurd and insecure. The entire thread is ridiculous, but especially your posts. |
Anonymous
LOL. |
Anonymous
It’s always a hoot when some parvenu who lives in the Langley area tries to school others on the preferences of the wealthy. It’s always so fake and tacky. |
Anonymous
Can you tell us more about this? How is McLean falling apart? Like walls crumbling? Plumbing leaks? Tell us more, please (ES mom zoned to McLean, now getting a little worried about my child's safety) |
Anonymous
People with money don't try to save money by sending their kids to public school from K-8 with the poors. You keep striving though. |
Anonymous
Plumbing problems galore, but they did get some patchwork bathroom improvements done in the past year or so (took a couple tries though, there were still clogs and backups originally). Leaks causing ceiling tiles to change color (and who knows what mold/mildew accumulating behind) and in some cases tiles have dropped (no injuries I'm aware of). No heat in the band room last winter. The School Board did approve replacing that equipment over the summer, don't know the timeline for execution. No power the first day of school this year though I am not sure if it was specific to the school or a broader power issue in the area. Students started an Instagram documenting it all called something like McLeanRot, I forget the exact name. The school was renovated about 20 years ago but it was done on the cheap and not comparable to renovations that other Fairfax County HS have received since (and likewise, other schools that were renovated around the same time as McLean were shortchanged, it's not a McLean-only issue). |