US News 2021 Virginia High School Rankings (FCPS)

[Anonymous]

FCPS rankings per the 2021 US News compilation:

1. TJ (also #1 in VA)
2. Langley (#2 in VA)
3. McLean (#3 in VA)
4. Marshall (#5 in VA)
5. Woodson (#6 in VA)
6. Chantilly (#7 in VA)
7. Oakton (#8 in VA)
8. Madison (#9 in VA)
9. West Springfield (#10 in VA)

[yes - that means 9 of the top 10 in VA are FCPS schools]

10. Robinson (#15 in VA)
11. Lake Braddock (#16 in VA)
12. Centreville (#23 in VA)
13. Fairfax (#32 in VA)
14. South County (#44 in VA)
15. Westfield (#47 in VA)
16. Edison (#52 in VA)
17. Hayfield (#62 in VA)
18. South Lakes (#67 in VA)
19. Herndon (#83 in VA)
20. Justice (#101 in VA)
21. Falls Church (#104 in VA)
22. Annandale (#107 in VA)
23. West Potomac (#159 in VA)
24. Lewis (#173 in VA)
25. Mount Vernon (in the ## 269-319 category)

[Total of 330 schools in VA considered, so all but two in FCPS in the top half in the state]

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools-109481

[Anonymous]

So many IB schools at the bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many IB schools at the bottom.

Isn’t Marshall IB?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many IB schools at the bottom.

Ummm, if you can’t see that it’s about socio-economics, you’re not very bright. It’s segregation 2021.

[Anonymous]

TJ is also the #1 school in the nation.

Once again, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been named the No. 1 high school in the U.S.

https://wtop.com/local/2021/04/several-local-high-schools-rank-as-some-of-the-best-in-the-nation/

[Anonymous]

But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

How is this embarrassing?

There will always be good and bad neighborhoods anywhere you go. This is not unique to FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

Mount Vernon provides services for students with multiple disabilities including emotional disabilities. Students from all over the county go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

How is this embarrassing?

There will always be good and bad neighborhoods anywhere you go. This is not unique to FCPS.

The worst school in the county is bordered by Hayfield and South County. The board chose to concentrate poverty in a few schools to placate parents in the rest of the county

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

Housing dictates who lives in a school zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

How is this embarrassing?

There will always be good and bad neighborhoods anywhere you go. This is not unique to FCPS.

People will complain about anything

Your kid has the opportunity to go to one of the NINE top schools in the entire country just by living here and all you do is b$%^h?

Those sorts of people are never happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

This ranking is from pre covid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But according to this forum FCPS is the worse school district ever?

Worst

This list shows how good FCPS is at concentrating poverty in a few high schools. It’s embarrassing that the same district has the top ten and a school too low to list

How is this embarrassing?

There will always be good and bad neighborhoods anywhere you go. This is not unique to FCPS.

People will complain about anything

Your kid has the opportunity to go to one of the NINE top schools in the entire country just by living here and all you do is b$%^h?

Those sorts of people are never happy.

You mean....richest schools. OK, congrats?