Best High Schools in Fairfax based on college outcomes (not incl TJHSST)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

Yes. US News rankings are built on flawed methodology. Admittedly there is no perfect ranking system, but US News is essentially meaningless. It's embarrassing that even FCPS posted a US News ranking article on their website bragging about some of their top HS rankings like Langley and McLean while at the same time owning some schools at the bottom of the list like Mt. Vernon. It's a farce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

Yes. US News rankings are built on flawed methodology. Admittedly there is no perfect ranking system, but US News is essentially meaningless. It's embarrassing that even FCPS posted a US News ranking article on their website bragging about some of their top HS rankings like Langley and McLean while at the same time owning some schools at the bottom of the list like Mt. Vernon. It's a farce.

The ideal ranking would measure the progress kids make at a school, not the absolute achievement levels.

However, no one has come up with that system, and in terms of a more conventional approach services like US News and Niche do a reasonably good job.

You are right that FCPS only mentions these rankings when they think it is in Gatehouse’s interests to do so, such as when they are under attack for declining SAT scores across the entire county. They certainly don’t do it because they want to acknowledge the efforts of the administrators, teachers, students, and parents at schools like Langley and McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

USNews ranking of colleges is flawed but their High schools ranking is worthless

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

USNews ranking of colleges is flawed but their High schools ranking is worthless

Sounds like sour grapes.

If US News didn’t exist, people would still say TJ, Langley, and McLean are the top three high schools in the state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

As has been stated above, many Langley kids don't bother with the IG college page. And yet, their *actual* college outcomes are every bit as good, if not better. So weird to tout student-reported IG pages as some kind of "source."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

USNews ranking of colleges is flawed but their High schools ranking is worthless

You are in denial, it's ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

As has been stated above, many Langley kids don't bother with the IG college page. And yet, their *actual* college outcomes are every bit as good, if not better. So weird to tout student-reported IG pages as some kind of "source."

DP. If Langley results this year were better, the kids would be posting. It’s not a community that’s either shy or modest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

As has been stated above, many Langley kids don't bother with the IG college page. And yet, their *actual* college outcomes are every bit as good, if not better. So weird to tout student-reported IG pages as some kind of "source."

DP. If Langley results this year were better, the kids would be posting. It’s not a community that’s either shy or modest.

Look, I don't know what to tell you. You have your usual axe to grind about Langley, that's nothing new. Some kids posted their college destinations to IG, but most didn't. How do I know that? Because I saw the end of year college destinations Saxon Scope. Excellent schools, as usual. You can move along and troll elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

As has been stated above, many Langley kids don't bother with the IG college page. And yet, their *actual* college outcomes are every bit as good, if not better. So weird to tout student-reported IG pages as some kind of "source."

DP. If Langley results this year were better, the kids would be posting. It’s not a community that’s either shy or modest.

Like you, amirite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean college outcomes are by far the best. Look at insta posted above.

+1

As has been stated above, many Langley kids don't bother with the IG college page. And yet, their *actual* college outcomes are every bit as good, if not better. So weird to tout student-reported IG pages as some kind of "source."

DP. If Langley results this year were better, the kids would be posting. It’s not a community that’s either shy or modest.

Look, I don't know what to tell you. You have your usual axe to grind about Langley, that's nothing new. Some kids posted their college destinations to IG, but most didn't. How do I know that? Because I saw the end of year college destinations Saxon Scope. Excellent schools, as usual. You can move along and troll elsewhere.

Ok, let’s post that issue of Saxon scope here

[Anonymous]

The high school with the best outcomes is the one that is wealthiest and that has the most legacy parents. Because full pay, the ability to ED, and legacy status matter a lot more than McLean v Oakton vs Madison v Chantilly. If you aren’t wealthy or a legacy or a URM, Langley isn’t going to give your kid an edge over Madison. It might hurt your kid, if there are legacies in their class with similar credential who beat them out for a spot.

Your kid will see similar results from any schools in the top 1/2 of the FCPS heap.

I had a kid graduate from TJ and go non-engineering/CS STEM a kid from the top of a base school who also applied with a humanities focus They each got admitted to the school the other kid attended and had a very similar range of options. Which was fine. The TJ kid wasn’t there for a college admissions bump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

So then you discount all of USNWR's rankings? Like their college rankings, which are widely used here on DCUM?

USNews ranking of colleges is flawed but their High schools ranking is worthless

Sounds like sour grapes.

If US News didn’t exist, people would still say TJ, Langley, and McLean are the top three high schools in the state.

???
So you're basically saying USNews HS ranking is worthless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not move to FCPS for schools.

We have the best schools in the country.

No, that honor goes to Florida. As much as DCUM loves to cast aspersions on FL, they have the best public schools in the US, with NJ and Mass coming in 2nd and 3rd. Virginia is #11. At one time, a couple of decades ago, VA was probably #1. No longer.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Any ranking that puts Florida schools as number #1, is not worth the paper/electronic it's written on.

Let’s hear about your family’s experience with FL schools. I’m intrigued by your statement.
— kids attended Hillsborough County (Tampa area) schools