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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB is trendy and overrated.  The IB high schools in FCPS have, with one exception due to geography, declined since IB replaced AP.  Not a single AP school in the county wants IB, parents at one school successfully rebelled and got FCPS to restore AP, and FCPS did not make IB the college-prep curriculum at the two high schools it built after the initial wave of AP-to-IB conversions (Westfield and South County).  Now it needs to acknowledge how few students at most IB schools participate in the program and terminate IB at the majority of IB high schools in the county.  That would give students better options and save money over the long run.

Schools with Top SAT Scores in FCPS (All AP)

TJHSST 2198
Langley 1851
McLean 1821
Madison 1789
Woodson 1755
Oakton 1750

Schools with Most National Merit Semifinalists in FCPS (10 out of 11 are AP)

TJ 145 
Langley 11 
McLean 11 
Madison 8 
Marshall 7 
Woodson 7 
Oakton 6 
Centreville 5 
Chantilly 5 
Lake Braddock 4 
Westfield 4

US News Top 10 High Schools in VA from FCPS (All AP)

#1	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
#2	McLean High School
#3	Langley High School
#4	Oakton High School
#5	Woodson High School
#8	West Springfield High School
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A few years ago, someone on DCUM broke the SAT scores down by demographic at each HS. It was quite eye opening. Things aren't always as they seem. [/quote]

Found it - it was a three-year average of the SAT scores from 2013-15 for FCPS and APS:

All Students:

TJ (AP and beyond): 2221 
Langley (AP) 1864 
McLean (AP) 1831 
Woodson (AP) 1813 
Oakton (AP) 1798 
Madison (AP) 1787 
Marshall (IB) 1756 
YORKTOWN (AP) 1737 
Chantilly (AP) 1705 
Robinson (IB) 1703 
West Springfield (AP) 1692 
Lake Braddock (AP) 1686 
South Lakes (IB) 1684 
WASHINGTON-LEE (IB/AP) 1675 
Westfield (AP) 1673 
Herndon (AP) 1667 
Fairfax (AP) 1657 
Centreville (AP) 1656 
South County (AP) 1635 
West Potomac (AP) 1601 
Edison (IB) 1541 
Hayfield (AP) 1539 
Annandale (IB) 1530 
Falls Church (AP) 1530 
Stuart (IB) 1530 
Lee (IB) 1497 
WAKEFIELD (AP) 1449 
Mount Vernon (IB) 1443

White Students:

TJ 2212 (25.6% White) 
WASHINGTON-LEE 1841 (41.5%) 
Langley 1838 (65.2%) 
McLean 1836 (58.4%) 
Woodson 1819 (56.0%) 
YORKTOWN 1810 (64.3%) 
Marshall 1802 (54.4%) 
Oakton 1792 (53.4%) 
Madison 1788 (65.7%) 
South Lakes 1754 (44.1%) 
Herndon 1745 (36.6%) 
Robinson 1739 (58.8%) 
West Potomac 1733 (37.3%) 
West Springfield 1727 (56.7%) 
Lake Braddock 1714 (50.0%) 
Chantilly 1704 (44.4%) 
South County 1693 (45.7%) 
Fairfax 1682 (40.7%) 
Westfield 1682 (41.0%) 
Stuart 1676 (23.4%) 
Centreville 1668 (37.7%) 
Annandale 1663 (17.0%) 
Falls Church 1651 (19.9%) 
Hayfield 1634 (32.3%) 
WAKEFIELD 1633 (19.4%) 
Edison 1627 (27.2%) 
Mount Vernon 1577 (20.0%) 
Lee 1562 (18.7%)

Asian Students:

TJ 2231 (63.4% Asian) 
Langley 1961 (23.5%) 
McLean 1883 (21.8%) 
Oakton 1877 (26.7%) 
Madison 1858 (14.0%) 
Woodson 1848 (22.3%) 
Westfield 1781 (20.9%) 
Chantilly 1778 (30.4%) 
Lake Braddock 1756 (19.3%) 
Marshall 1752 (17.6%) 
Centreville 1738 (32.2%) 
South Lakes 1737 (11.7%) 
Robinson 1731 (15.1%) 
Fairfax 1715 (22.3%) 
West Springfield 1714 (14.2%) 
South County 1688 (19.2%) 
Herndon 1639 (12.0%) 
YORKTOWN 1610 (9.2%) 
WASHINGTON-LEE 1578 (10.0%) 
West Potomac 1575 (6.5%) 
Edison 1572 (14.6%) 
Hayfield 1566 (13.9%) 
Falls Church 1547 (21.0%) 
Annandale 1543 (20.2%) 
Stuart 1530 (13.6%) 
Lee 1521 (23.8%) 
Mount Vernon 1499 (6.2%) 
WAKEFIELD 1477 (9.4%)

Black Students:

TJ 2145 (1.4% Black) 
Madison 1659 (1.9%) 
Oakton 1620 (4.6%) 
Langley 1610 (1.0%) 
McLean 1600 (2.6%) 
Woodson 1600 (5.0%) 
Marshall 1582 (4.6%) 
Chantilly 1530 (6.9%) 
Lake Braddock 1527 (6.3%) 
West Springfield 1508 (6.9%) 
Robinson 1507 (6.6%) 
Fairfax 1496 (10.4%) 
Westfield 1473 (12.1%) 
South Lakes 1471 (13.1%) 
Centreville 1457 (9.0%) 
Edison 1457 (21.4%) 
Hayfield 1443 (27.4%) 
South County 1441 (17.9%) 
Herndon 1438 (8.4%) 
Lee 1425 (13.8%) 
Annandale 1423 (17.0%) 
WASHINGTON-LEE 1390 (9.6%) 
YORKTOWN 1378 (5.7%) 
Stuart 1364 (10.1%) 
Falls Church 1355 (7.1%) 
West Potomac 1336 (18.0%) 
Mount Vernon 1334 (27.3%) 
WAKEFIELD 1334 (22.0%)

Hispanic Students:

TJ 2167 (2.2% Hispanic) 
Langley 1806 (5.3%) 
McLean 1727 (12.2%) 
Woodson 1695 (11.2%) 
Madison 1694 (12.3%) 
Oakton 1689 (10.0%) 
Robinson 1554 (14.0%) 
West Springfield 1554 (15.7%) 
YORKTOWN 1547 (15.7%) 
Marshall 1544 (17.1%) 
Chantilly 1543 (13.9%) 
Westfield 1540 (20.9%) 
WASHINGTON-LEE 1516 (33.5%) 
South Lakes 1514 (24.1%) 
Lake Braddock 1502 (18.4%) 
South County 1495 (10.8%) 
Fairfax 1489 (20.8%) 
Centreville 1472 (17.0%) 
Herndon 1472 (39.0%) 
Hayfield 1465 (20.4%) 
Mount Vernon 1431 (41.7%) 
Edison 1430 (32.3%) 
Falls Church 1427 (48.3%) 
Stuart 1421 (50.3%) 
Annandale 1416 (43.5%) 
West Potomac 1409 (34.1%) 
WAKEFIELD 1404 (44.3%) 
Lee 1401 (40.0%) [/quote]

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