My kids are at Woodson, and have had a wonderful high school experience. But I think you really can’t go wrong between the two schools.

Anonymous wrote:Woodson.

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Woodson.

Oakton consistently ranked higher than Woodson over the years, although Woodson is a very good school too.

I would prefer Woodson for the middle school, since most at Frost (base boundaries; some AAP kids would go to another HS) go to Woodson. Multiple middle schools feed to Oakton - Carson, Franklin, Thoreau.

All Fairfax schools have AAP opportunities and the Fairfax County public school system is one of the best in the nation. Teachers come and go and a better rated school today doesn't translate out to a better education for your kid next year.

Your kid has to score high on COGAT and NNAT to get into the Fairfax AAP program.

The same kid would do just as well at either school.

The elementary AAP feeder schools for Woodson are Mantua and Canterbury Woods. Mantua is very highly regarded and CWES is a decent school. Frost, the middle school, typically sends a top 5 number of students to TJ every year. Woodson itself is pretty highly regarded, but there is a thread over in the main FCPS forum about a recent tumble in the US News rankings: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1201063.page

Note that you pay a slight premium to live in the Woodson pyramid and get less house for your dollar than you might otherwise because the schools are good. It's not like paying for McLean/Langley, but the same size/condition house that feeds into say Justice would cost a lot less.

Hi,
We are planning to move within Fairfax county. Kids are in elementary school, interested in STEM and are in AAP program. Which HS pyramid is better? Please advise

Thank you!!