Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 09:30     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:Top 10 for the state of VA are:

#1 TJ
#2 George Mason
#3 Langley
#4 Open (Richmond)
#5 McLean
#6 Oakton
#7 Woodson
#8 Marshall
#9 West Springfield
#10 Washington Lee


(US News)
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 09:30     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Top 10 for the state of VA are:

#1 TJ
#2 George Mason
#3 Langley
#4 Open (Richmond)
#5 McLean
#6 Oakton
#7 Woodson
#8 Marshall
#9 West Springfield
#10 Washington Lee
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 09:27     Subject: Re:Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:
TJ
HB Woodlawn
Yorktown
Washington Lee
McLean
Langley
George Mason
Oakton
Robinson
Madison


The 2-4 schools should be much lower on the list and below the top fcps high schools.


+1,000

Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 09:24     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:TJ
HB Woodlawn
Yorktown
Washington Lee
McLean
Langley
George Mason
Oakton
Robinson
Madison


The 2-4 schools should be much lower on the list and below the top fcps high schools.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 09:19     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

TJ
HB Woodlawn
Yorktown
Washington Lee
McLean
Langley
George Mason
Oakton
Robinson
Madison
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 08:50     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:By what criteria? This is serious. Performance? Performance Normalized to Demographics? Band? Football team? Girls Sports?

Performance: use SAT scores
Performance normalized to demographics: harder
Band: Clearly Madison, Mclean, TJ, then everyone else
Football: Westfields then everyone else
...


TJ band parent here.

Nice to see them recognized for tenon-academic things. OMG do those kids work in band.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 08:40     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:Tj
Langley
McLean

Then blah to poor. Those are the only ones where maybe you don't have to go private. Publics just get worse every year.


You’re the guy with kids at Langley and Sidwell, right?

Like you’d know anything about the other schools.

Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 08:39     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

By what criteria? This is serious. Performance? Performance Normalized to Demographics? Band? Football team? Girls Sports?

Performance: use SAT scores
Performance normalized to demographics: harder
Band: Clearly Madison, Mclean, TJ, then everyone else
Football: Westfields then everyone else
...
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 07:46     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Tj
Langley
McLean

Then blah to poor. Those are the only ones where maybe you don't have to go private. Publics just get worse every year.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2018 07:35     Subject: Re:Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Looks like rankings based on achievement.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 23:41     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:Based on what?

Demographics, of course
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 23:35     Subject: Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Based on what?
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 21:39     Subject: Re:Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Woodson and Fairfax need to be on the list.


^^ rich doesn't mean good. You need a well-rounded school not some pressure-cooker test scores school.


Seriously
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 21:29     Subject: Re:Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Anonymous wrote:Delete Marshall and Yorktown. Add Robinson and Fairfax.


Delete Fairfax.

Add West Springfield.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 21:25     Subject: Re:Rank the Top 10 NoVa High Schools

Delete Marshall and Yorktown. Add Robinson and Fairfax.