The main delay I’ve seen on Redfin recently was that it took them a while to adjust the APS high school boundaries when parts of W-L moved to Yorktown and Wakefield. It is up to date now. I’m guess it may have also taken them a while to reflect the changes to the Jackson MS/Thoreau MS boundaries in FCPS, although this now also appears to be up to date.

Changing boundaries is not a red flag. Just means the population is growing and/or shifting. It's better than an overcrowded school. APS boundaries have also been shifting as they open new schools.

For Arlington, the boundary locator is here: https://www.apsva.us/boundary-locator/

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

Redfin is not always up to date -- took about a year to reflect a recent boundary change. Use it to start but always check the fcps site.

Was this a top tier school pyramid? Changing boundaries is a red flag, the best area like McLean seem to not change around.

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

And you can also add your work addresses to see commute times for each house you look at.

But, yes, verify schools with the school system search.

Honestly, I’d be comfortable with all schools with 1/2 mile of orange line. Maybe look at other factors.

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

Redfin is not always up to date -- took about a year to reflect a recent boundary change. Use it to start but always check the fcps site.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

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Redfin, zillow and the rest are not always accurate.

Use the fcps boundary locator.

Anonymous wrote:Click on the “lview map legend” link

Do not just rely on the map.

Once you have an address, plug it into the boundary locator to get the actual assigned fcps schools.

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

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whatshername wrote:Oh - Thank You!! I really appreciate this.

Do you know if there is a similar link for the schools in Arlington?

Aps has a site where you can enter the address and it will tell you the school. Schools are also listed in the listing.

Dear OP - the easiest approach is to use redfin. Type in the name of the high school; boundary area and all houses within matching your criteria light up. Click around in the area of interest to you (near a park, metro, whatever), and the listing will contain all the schools assigned to the home. You will learn your pyramids in no time.

It is good to look at the school’s boundaries. There are many elementary schools that are split feeders to two Middle Schools. And there are some Middle schools that send students to multiple High Schools.

Oh - Thank You!! I really appreciate this.

Do you know if there is a similar link for the schools in Arlington?

Click on the “lview map legend” link

I'm new to the area and am trying to figure out the "school pyramids". Does anyone know how one goes about this? I like to start with the high schools and work my way down. So for example if I think "Oh I'd like to look for houses in the McLean High School area, I wonder which middle school and elementary schools feed into that high school?" -- how do I got about getting this info? I've looked at boundary maps, but since I'm not familiar with the area, it's hard for me to figure this out. I also cannot find it on schooldigger dot com. It would be lovely if there was a chart somewhere that listed the feeder schools to the various high schools.

I realize that school boundaries can change every so often, but any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!