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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hello all,
Our family (DD7th grade and DS 4th grade) is planning a move to the Powell/Lanier/Fairfax school district and would love to hear any feedback (good or bad) about these schools ie challenging curriculum, differentiation, class size, teacher quality,...Although my kids are not in high school yet, I would like to know about Fairfax High.  According to this forum, the school does not seem to be as highly rated as other high schools like Woodson/Madison/McLean/Langley.  I would love to find out why.  is it the teaching?  variety of class choices? safety issues? or is it only based on test scores?
Thank you in advance for any insight.[/quote]

It's not as highly rated because the test scores aren't as high, and the test scores aren't as high because the student body is more socio-economically diverse.  There are plenty of high-achieving students there, and some of them undoubtedly come from Powell (though Powell also sends students to Centreville).

The enrollment increase at Fairfax HS over the past five years has been higher than just about any high school in Fairfax, except for South Lakes (and the enrollment at South Lakes increased because of a big redistricting in 2008, while Fairfax's boundaries haven't changed for years).  It now has over 2600 students and is projected to have over 3000 students by 2016.   It seems likely that, before your kids graduate, FCPS will redistrict some kids from Fairfax to other schools, though I think the City of Fairfax requires kids who live in the City to attend Fairfax HS.

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