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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping this thread. We are moving and Fairfax HS is one of several we are considering. Is it a good school for kids who are into math, science and art?

How is Johnson MS?[/quote]

Honestly, if you have a choice, this is not your best option.
With that said it is still a very good option.
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Can you elaborate more about what makes it "not your best" and "very good"?[/quote]

I will compare to Fairfax nearby Woodson.

The rate of taking AP classes is higher at Woodson 63% vs 72%
The rate of achieving a 3 or higher one those AP tests is higher at Woodson 75% vs 90%

Woodson tends to offer more post calculus math options than Fairfax and more post physics science options than Fairfax.  There is probably more music and visual art at Woodson than Fairfax as well,.

These are not huge differences but they are differences.

[b]So at relatively similar home price levels[/b], Woodson is probably a little bit better for a kid that is academically inclined and more inclined towards stem.
You can look up high school curriculum here https://insys.fcps.edu/CourseCatOnline/courselist/337/10/0/0/0/1

On the other hand, Fairfax compares well to plenty of other schools in the region.

All of these schools have an honors or IB pathway that will provide plenty of rigor but there are marginal differences so aside from maybe 1 or 2 schools they are all very good options but some are better than others.[/quote]
Home prices are not really "relatively similar" in Fairfax City vs the Woodson pyramid. There is a lot more housing variety in Fairfax City (Fairfax HS) and city taxes are slightly lower than county taxes.[/quote]

There is definitely more housing variety in the fairfax pyramid with more high density housing.
The average single home price in fairfax city is about the same as the woodson pyramid when you compare apples to apples.

On a $1,000,000 home the annual difference in real estate taxes is about $650.[/quote]

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