What the hell happened to Oakton? Wasn't it always like #5 or 6?

There is a difference b/t High SES (i.e. wealthy), and a high percentage of kids who aren't FARMS (i.e. poor).

Some people think you can only be living in poverty or driving a new Tesla to school.

Has anyone heard of the middle? or upper middle? Not being FARMS =/= "high SES."

I think you paint too stark a contrast when you assume that kids who don't get free meals are High Socio-Economic Status.

Here's how the NoVa schools compare within Virginia (332 schools considered by US News)

TJ #1
Langley #2
McLean #3
Marshall #4
Madison #5
Woodson #6
West Springfield #7
Chantilly #8
Broad Run #9
Oakton #11
Yorktown #14
Centreville #15
George Mason #16
Briar Woods #17
Robinson #18
Riverside #22
Stone Bridge #23
Lake Braddock #26
Washington-Liberty #28
Champe #32
Fairfax #33
Freedom #35
Westfield #36
Rock Ridge #37
Falls Church #40
Wakefield #44
Loudoun County #48
Heritage #51
Edison #56
Dominion #58
South County #61
Woodgrove #69
Loudoun Valley #72
South Lakes #73
Annandale #84
Justice #88
Hayfield #89
Herndon #106
Tuscarora #107
Potomac Falls #109
West Potomac #112
Park View #128
Lee #192
Mount Vernon #258
TC Williams #267

Lake Braddock is #26. What the hell!

So, basically, alll the top HSs are high SES.

What do you consider high SES? Are you basing it all on the number of FARMS?

Granted, Langley is high SES, but some of those other schools have a great mix of economic diversity. I don't consider 20% to be low FARMS, by the way. Or, 18%.

suprised yorktown is so low and that WL is even lower. I thought WL was the second coming of Yorktown lol

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. TJ (FCPS)
2. Langley (FCPS)
3. McLean (FCPS)
4. Marshall (FCPS)
5. Madison (FCPS)
6. Woodson (FCPS)
7. West Springfield (FCPS)
8. Chantilly (FCPS)
9. Broad Run (LCPS)
10. Open High (Richmond)

No surprises, other than Oakton dropping to #11 and Broad Run being the top ranked school from Loudoun rather than Briar Woods or Rock Ridge. Marshall is higher than Madison now because it got permission from FCPS to automatically enroll most students in IB English junior year. That boosts its "College Readiness" score (a key input into the US News methodology) to highest in FCPS behind TJ, but it's ranked fourth because of a lower graduation rate than Langley and McLean.

Yorktown is #14.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

So, basically, alll the top HSs are high SES.

Thats life

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Of the 15 LCPS high schools, 13 are in the top 72, then there's Tuscarora (107), Potomac Falls (109) and Park View (128).

Park View, I can understand but why the big gap between PFHS and the rest? I don't understand it.

Seriously shocked by the fact that Dominion, PF and PV are within a few miles of each other in Sterling but Dominion kicks PF's a$$. How are those two that different?

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Of the 15 LCPS high schools, 13 are in the top 72, then there's Tuscarora (107), Potomac Falls (109) and Park View (128).

Park View, I can understand but why the big gap between PFHS and the rest? I don't understand it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. TJ (FCPS)
2. Langley (FCPS)
3. McLean (FCPS)
4. Marshall (FCPS)
5. Madison (FCPS)
6. Woodson (FCPS)
7. West Springfield (FCPS)
8. Chantilly (FCPS)
9. Broad Run (LCPS)
10. Open High (Richmond)

No surprises, other than Oakton dropping to #11 and Broad Run being the top ranked school from Loudoun rather than Briar Woods or Rock Ridge. Marshall is higher than Madison now because it got permission from FCPS to automatically enroll most students in IB English junior year. That boosts its "College Readiness" score (a key input into the US News methodology) to highest in FCPS behind TJ, but it's ranked fourth because of a lower graduation rate than Langley and McLean.

Yorktown is #14.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

So, basically, alll the top HSs are high SES.

15, 19 and 20% farms is not all high SES.

Anonymous wrote:1. TJ (FCPS)
2. Langley (FCPS)
3. McLean (FCPS)
4. Marshall (FCPS)
5. Madison (FCPS)
6. Woodson (FCPS)
7. West Springfield (FCPS)
8. Chantilly (FCPS)
9. Broad Run (LCPS)
10. Open High (Richmond)

No surprises, other than Oakton dropping to #11 and Broad Run being the top ranked school from Loudoun rather than Briar Woods or Rock Ridge. Marshall is higher than Madison now because it got permission from FCPS to automatically enroll most students in IB English junior year. That boosts its "College Readiness" score (a key input into the US News methodology) to highest in FCPS behind TJ, but it's ranked fourth because of a lower graduation rate than Langley and McLean.

Yorktown is #14.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

So, basically, alll the top HSs are high SES.

ADDED FARMS RATE:
1. TJ (FCPS) 1.8%
2. Langley (FCPS) 2.1%
3. McLean (FCPS) 9.0%
4. Marshall (FCPS) 20.1%
5. Madison (FCPS) 9.9%
6. Woodson (FCPS) 12.4%
7. West Springfield (FCPS) 15.0%
8. Chantilly (FCPS) 18.8%

I'm surprised George Mason did not even make the top 10.

FCPS could use some good news this month.

1. TJ (FCPS)
2. Langley (FCPS)
3. McLean (FCPS)
4. Marshall (FCPS)
5. Madison (FCPS)
6. Woodson (FCPS)
7. West Springfield (FCPS)
8. Chantilly (FCPS)
9. Broad Run (LCPS)
10. Open High (Richmond)

No surprises, other than Oakton dropping to #11 and Broad Run being the top ranked school from Loudoun rather than Briar Woods or Rock Ridge. Marshall is higher than Madison now because it got permission from FCPS to automatically enroll most students in IB English junior year. That boosts its "College Readiness" score (a key input into the US News methodology) to highest in FCPS behind TJ, but it's ranked fourth because of a lower graduation rate than Langley and McLean.

Yorktown is #14.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia