Top High Schools in VA 2020 - US News
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Anonymous
Yes, at least within FCPS it would be: TJ Langley McLean [Oakton] Madison Woodson Chantilly Marshall [Centreville] [Lake Braddock] [Fairfax] West Springfield |
Anonymous
| SAT/ACT list is best measurement -- all the other can be juked and monkeyed with to drive clicks and push social engineering crap. |
Anonymous
SAT is largely an aptitude test and 75% of it is just having good genes. The school has no impact on it |
Anonymous
dunno about the genes, but I agree the school has zilch to do with it. |
Anonymous
I want my kids around the smartest and most driven peers, period. |
Anonymous
How about the kindest and most creative? |
Anonymous
Barf. |
Anonymous
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There are some recent FCPS stats on which schools have the most talented musicians (2020 All-State Band, Chorus, Orchestra), but that can reflect both the strength of a school's music programs and whether parents are spending money on private lessons.
TJ 20 McLean 16 Woodson 15 Langley 13 Lake Braddock 11 South County 11 Madison 10 Fairfax 9 Robinson 9 Centreville 8 Oakton 7 Marshall 6 West Springfield 6 South Lakes 5 Edison 4 Herndon 4 Chantilly 3 Falls Church 3 Hayfield 3 Justice 3 West Potomac 3 Westfield 3 Annandale 2 Lee 1 Mount Vernon 0 |
Anonymous
This does not necessarily reflect which schools have the most talented students. This just reflects which schools had the largest number of talented students who tried out. Many, many talented students, for whatever reason, do not bother with trying out for districts or all state. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, let's come up with a rating system that rewards the schools with the most disengaged kids. Call it the Whatever Index. |
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Anonymous
SAT list is 100% ranked by SES. Kids who can afford tutors, get them, and places like Prep Matters in McLean cost $200/hour. |
Anonymous
So lots of engaged two-parent households and motivated kids with aspirations to get into good colleges -- i.e. good things that shouldn't be demonized. And let's stop exaggerating that rich flunkies can turn into ACT/SAT wiz kids -- if anything, prep just eases stress and knocks the rust off of material they learned years ago. |
Anonymous
I believe PP said the strength of the school’s music program, not just the talent of the kids. For example, one who was into stereotypes might expect TJ to knock it out of the park in orchestra given the perception that all Asian kids play the violin. And one who be dead wrong. TJ’s orchestra program is fine. But it’s band program, marching and curricular, is exceptional. And 15 of TJs 20 all state spots were in band. Whereas, they has no real chorus program, and sent no one in chorus. Other schools have amazing chorus programs, but send no one, or very few people in band or strings. The schools at the top of the list tend to have at least one very strong music discipline where kids commit to playing or performing for four years under a talented director. And yes, also have parents who can afford private lessons. And some things don’t show up on this list. I have a Chantilly kid, and their theater department is huge and phenomenal. |
Anonymous
| If you want some of the strongest schools for theater, check out the Cappies from year to year. Robinson is often near the top. They have one of the top programs in NOVA. |