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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has over 100 ESs. The top 25 or so are all going to be good. One thing to realize when looking at rankings and asking for the “best”— schools with AAP Centers will rank ant the top and have very high SOL pass rates. But AAP and SOLs don’t start until 3rd grade, at which point AAP kids from multiple ESs come in. So, that doesn’t give you a real picture of K-2.  And although you will be certain your kid is a shoe in for AAP, you won’t know until the end of second. And if your kid is at an AAP Center and isn’t in AAP, that creates its own set of problems.

2 things are certain. Affluent feeder neighborhoods lead to “better” schools. And the individual principals matter a lot.

My kids are Lees Corner, Oak Hill AAP. I would recommend both. But again, are they the “best” out of 100+?  iDK— it doesn’t matter, because there are multiple good schools. There are also some AAP Centers that aren’t great for K-2 and Gen Ed, but rank highly based on AAP test scores.

[b]Unless you are secure in having two teleworking adults, you are better off narrowing it down to a location with a decent commute and housing in your prince range and asking about individual schools in that area.[/b] However good Oak Hill and Lees Corner are, I wouldn’t recommend a daily commute into DC, especially for Both parents, to send a kid to one of these.

So the answer is— it’s complicated. [/quote]

NP and agree with all of this, especially the bolded. Commute is king in this area. Don't move to a neighborhood with the very highest rated schools in FCPS if it means you'll be sitting in traffic for an hour each way or can't get to the school quickly if you get a call from the clinic. [/quote]

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