Why does Annandale HS have a bad reputation?

[Anonymous]

Why is Lake Braddock better than Annandale? Is Robert E Lee better or worse? What about Edison or Hayfield?

[Anonymous]

Demographics, with their effect on test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Lake Braddock better than Annandale? Is Robert E Lee better or worse? What about Edison or Hayfield?

The party line evaluates schools based on test scores and demographics. Lake Braddock has higher test scores and fewer low-income kids than Annandale. Over the past decade, FCPS moved a lot of the more stable single-family neighborhoods assigned to Annandale to other schools. So Columbia Pines got moved to Falls Church, Ravensworth got moved to Lake Braddock, Wakefield Forest got moved to Woodson, and Edsall Park got moved to Edison. There are still some nice areas zoned for Annandale, but a high percentage of the kids there now live in low-income apartments that are either just inside the Beltway in Annandale or near Landmark. In comparison, Lake Braddock pulls mostly from single-family neighborhoods and townhouses in Burke and West Springfield.

Lee is similar to Annandale, the main difference being that it pulls from fewer apartment complexes and more run-down single-family neighborhoods, along with nicer areas like Saratoga and Daventry. Edison and Hayfield are considered more desirable than Annandale and Lee now, but still several notches below Lake Braddock. The big Kingstowne development in Alexandria splits between those schools. Edison is an IB high school; Hayfield is an AP secondary school.

[Anonymous]

Annandale has IB

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Anonymous wrote:Annandale has IB

As do Lee and Edison.

[Anonymous]

OP Here- I don't have kids yet, so forgive me. Is IB less desirable than AP? Why?

[Anonymous]

Which AP school can Annandale kids transfer to?

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Anonymous wrote:Which AP school can Annandale kids transfer to?

It's supposed to be the nearest AP school to your home with space, so it would depend on the address. Falls Church would be the nearest AP school for a lot of kids at Annandale, but others would be closer to Lake Braddock, Woodson and perhaps other schools.

[Anonymous]

If you decide to send your kid to an AP school, does the county have to transport them there or is the parent/student responsible for that?

[Anonymous]

If elementary is north springfield which Ap school most likely please?

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Anonymous wrote:If you decide to send your kid to an AP school, does the county have to transport them there or is the parent/student responsible for that?

You have to arrange for transportation if you pupil place out of an IB school to an AP school.

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Anonymous wrote:If elementary is north springfield which Ap school most likely please?

Most likely Lake Braddock. West Springfield is close, too, but I think LB is shorter distance by car.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Lake Braddock better than Annandale? Is Robert E Lee better or worse? What about Edison or Hayfield?

The party line evaluates schools based on test scores and demographics. Lake Braddock has higher test scores and fewer low-income kids than Annandale. Over the past decade, FCPS moved a lot of the more stable single-family neighborhoods assigned to Annandale to other schools. So Columbia Pines got moved to Falls Church, Ravensworth got moved to Lake Braddock, Wakefield Forest got moved to Woodson, and Edsall Park got moved to Edison. There are still some nice areas zoned for Annandale, but a high percentage of the kids there now live in low-income apartments that are either just inside the Beltway in Annandale or near Landmark. In comparison, Lake Braddock pulls mostly from single-family neighborhoods and townhouses in Burke and West Springfield.

Lee is similar to Annandale, the main difference being that it pulls from fewer apartment complexes and more run-down single-family neighborhoods, along with nicer areas like Saratoga and Daventry. Edison and Hayfield are considered more desirable than Annandale and Lee now, but still several notches below Lake Braddock. The big Kingstowne development in Alexandria splits between those schools. Edison is an IB high school; Hayfield is an AP secondary school.

This. We are in one of the nicer single family home areas zoned for Annandale HS (Pinecrest), and I love our neighborhood, and it is great for me, my husband and our (very young) kids for now, but I don't know what are are going to do when they get older. We moved here before we had kids.

Some of the apartment complexes zoned for Annandale are seriously decrepit and disgusting. I really don't know what the county thought would happen by rezoning so many nicer neighborhoods away from Annandale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is Lake Braddock better than Annandale? Is Robert E Lee better or worse? What about Edison or Hayfield?

The party line evaluates schools based on test scores and demographics. Lake Braddock has higher test scores and fewer low-income kids than Annandale. Over the past decade, FCPS moved a lot of the more stable single-family neighborhoods assigned to Annandale to other schools. So Columbia Pines got moved to Falls Church, Ravensworth got moved to Lake Braddock, Wakefield Forest got moved to Woodson, and Edsall Park got moved to Edison. There are still some nice areas zoned for Annandale, but a high percentage of the kids there now live in low-income apartments that are either just inside the Beltway in Annandale or near Landmark. In comparison, Lake Braddock pulls mostly from single-family neighborhoods and townhouses in Burke and West Springfield.

Lee is similar to Annandale, the main difference being that it pulls from fewer apartment complexes and more run-down single-family neighborhoods, along with nicer areas like Saratoga and Daventry. Edison and Hayfield are considered more desirable than Annandale and Lee now, but still several notches below Lake Braddock. The big Kingstowne development in Alexandria splits between those schools. Edison is an IB high school; Hayfield is an AP secondary school.

This. We are in one of the nicer single family home areas zoned for Annandale HS (Pinecrest), and I love our neighborhood, and it is great for me, my husband and our (very young) kids for now, but I don't know what are are going to do when they get older. We moved here before we had kids.

Some of the apartment complexes zoned for Annandale are seriously decrepit and disgusting. I really don't know what the county thought would happen by rezoning so many nicer neighborhoods away from Annandale.

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The odd part is FCPS Facilities said Annandale was overcrowded and Woodson had lots of room. Now just two years later Woodson is severely overcrowded and Annandale has lots of room.

We live in a neighborhood we love (Brook Hills) but have pupil placed for high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is Lake Braddock better than Annandale? Is Robert E Lee better or worse? What about Edison or Hayfield?

The party line evaluates schools based on test scores and demographics. Lake Braddock has higher test scores and fewer low-income kids than Annandale. Over the past decade, FCPS moved a lot of the more stable single-family neighborhoods assigned to Annandale to other schools. So Columbia Pines got moved to Falls Church, Ravensworth got moved to Lake Braddock, Wakefield Forest got moved to Woodson, and Edsall Park got moved to Edison. There are still some nice areas zoned for Annandale, but a high percentage of the kids there now live in low-income apartments that are either just inside the Beltway in Annandale or near Landmark. In comparison, Lake Braddock pulls mostly from single-family neighborhoods and townhouses in Burke and West Springfield.

Lee is similar to Annandale, the main difference being that it pulls from fewer apartment complexes and more run-down single-family neighborhoods, along with nicer areas like Saratoga and Daventry. Edison and Hayfield are considered more desirable than Annandale and Lee now, but still several notches below Lake Braddock. The big Kingstowne development in Alexandria splits between those schools. Edison is an IB high school; Hayfield is an AP secondary school.

This. We are in one of the nicer single family home areas zoned for Annandale HS (Pinecrest), and I love our neighborhood, and it is great for me, my husband and our (very young) kids for now, but I don't know what are are going to do when they get older. We moved here before we had kids.

Some of the apartment complexes zoned for Annandale are seriously decrepit and disgusting. I really don't know what the county thought would happen by rezoning so many nicer neighborhoods away from Annandale.

People seem pretty positive on both Columbia ES and Holmes MS, so you should be good for some time. I wouldn't be surprised if, st some point, FCPS claws back some of the neighborhoods that it's moved out of Annandale.