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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are the high schools i’d consider (my kids are at McLean)
McLean, Marshall, Madison, Oakton, West Springfield

Forget about AAP, it’s not important for middle and goes away in high school.

We love McLean and live near to the “downtown” part. My kids can walk everywhere and it has a bit of a small town feel (for better or worse- we always run into people we know everywhere we go). Having said that, I also love Vienna for similar reasons.

I think you are out of luck for this school year unless you buy something asap. You aren’t going to be able to pupil place. There are some Montessori’s around as well- maybe that’s an option until you find where you want to settle?[/quote]

You can’t say Madison and Marshall in the same line as Mclean and Oakton as choices. People who consider one set don’t consider the other. They are not at all interchangeable. Plus, OP like most here and in Fairfax county (no judgement either way) does not want IB.

Also I would put West Springfield lower than say Woodson or Chantilly high. As would most. [/quote]

Madison is very much in the same general ballpark as McLean and Oakton.  A bit whiter and less Asian, and somewhat more economically homogeneous (the most expensive homes aren’t as expensive and the lowest-income units are more expensive), but otherwise quite similar.  All three are AP schools.

Marshall is as well, for the most part, although it’s got a larger low-income population and some people don’t want IB.  But some of the most expensive parts of Vienna/22182 feed to Marshall, and many of the Marshall neighborhood in Falls Church/22043 are pricy.

If you looked at the 24 high school pyramids in FCPS, in terms of the median cost of single-family homes, the top five in order would be Langley, McLean, Madison, Oakton, and Marshall.  [/quote]

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