Lake Barcroft Neighborhood/Schools

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP here. I would be very comfortable with Belvedere or Sleepy Hollow ES (which most Lake Barcroft students attend), Glasgow MS and Stuart HS. Compared to Arlington, these areas are more diverse and less affluent than most of the schools that are assigned to Washington-Lee, but less diverse and wealthier than most of the schools that are assigned to Wakefield. Lake Barcroft isn't the only nice area that feeds into those schools. Sleepy Hollow Woods and Barcroft Woods are also very nice, as are other neighborhoods off Sleepy Hollow Road. There's always a sizable group of students involved in the IB program and parents involved in the PTA. The lake itself is loads of fun.

Personally, I'd be as happy with Glasgow as with Kenmore, and probably happier with Stuart than with TC Williams, Wakefield or Falls Church. The only reason I might avoid it would be if I was a middle or upper-class Hispanic and I was worried that my kid might get targeted or solicited for a gang by lower-income Hispanics who live in Culmore or the rougher areas off Columbia Pike.


why are u bad-mouthing falls church HS???


Falls Church High School is one of the lowert performing in FCPS
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:

why are u bad-mouthing falls church HS???


Didn't bad-mouth it; just said I'd probably prefer Stuart.

Why? Larger number of involved parents and more active PTSA, and stats shows net student transfers into Stuart and out of Falls Church most years.

YMMV, of course.
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