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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean/Great Falls? [/quote]
McLean:
https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/66-mclean-seniors-named-2026-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists[/quote]

Interesting that McLean has so many more than Arlington. Why? Just bigger schools? [/quote]

Oakton (25) has more NMSFs than Langley (23), McLean (20), or Marshall (15) but all these schools have more NMSFs than W-L (5), H-B Woodlawn (6), Yorktown (5), or Wakefield (0).

It's not because the FCPS schools are bigger.  W-L is very big.  FCPS places more emphasis on advanced academics and attracts more Asian families.  The FCPS pyramids with the most NMSFs also send far more kids to TJHSST than the APS schools.  [/quote]

There were actually 9 from W-L, but I still hear you and get your point. I would have expected the Arlington numbers to be competitive with the McLean numbers when adjusted for size.[/quote]

You're correct about 9 from W-L, sorry.

To put in context, here are the sizes of the junior classes (current seniors) at these schools last year:

Oakton 698
W-L 665
McLean 628
Yorktown 556
Wakefield 552
Marshall 568
Langley 533
H-B Woodlawn 109
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