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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering building a house in Pimmit Hills in the Marshall HS district, which we think we could do for about $750,000 if we are careful with the costs and use builder grade materials. The school's web page says that it was ranked "third for best school," but the link takes you to a US News web page that shows Marshall was ranked 16th in the state:  http://www.fcps.edu/MarshallHS/

16th in the state sounds good, but then I noticed there were many other schools in the county ranked higher, and I still don't know what being ranked "third for best school" means. So now I am confused and thinking we should just buy elsewhere, where the school is ranked higher or at least communicates more clearly.  Education is very important to us.

Is this school not as good as it claims, or is it a good school with a bad webmaster?
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US News ranked Marshall 3rd last year.  The new rankings just came out putting Marshall at 16.   They're probably in no hurry to update the website.  That said, I wouldn't put too much emphasis on rankings by a newsweekly that turned to rankings after failing in its primary business.  Marshall is a great school and easily in the top echelon of NOVA schools, though the IB is not for everyone.  If you have a kid who can handle the rigors of IB, however... it's ideal, still smallish, with classes like Chinese, that other kids from Langley, Madison, etc. have to travel to take.   [/quote]

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