Anonymous
08/14/2025 06:03
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. Just reviving instead of starting a new thread. Does anyone know if Woodson or Oakton has south asian (from India) students.
Great schools just lists asians which could be east asian. Spouse is south asian and it would be great for our kids to have friends from the same culture.
I know McLean does. Langley has fewer (my cousin's daughter studies there and shared). Both out of our budget.
TIA. I hope I won't be attacked for this question.
There is a big difference between East Asian and South Asians and even among South Asians, different countries as I think you may know, are not just not friends, there are major issues between them so what you really want to know is where are the Indian students and PPs are clubbing all Asians together like Fairfax county does. Unless someone has personal experience it is hard to know so that's understandable.
You want LCPS. In Fairfax, your best bet is Chantilly (Centerville and Fairfax are not that good in terms of ranking) since your family can't do Langley and Mclean. There are some in Oakton. Woodson has more East Asians.
Too thrilled to have imported lots of people who bring their political/religious/cultural grudges with them and keep the beef alive!
I am S Asian, and honestly this isn’t the case IME. It’s either kids who are happy to find common cultural ground, even if their native countries don’t get along, or kids who want to hang out with people who speak the same language or maybe really religious kids who wants friends who are the same. I do not see that suburban kids are bringing their parents’ geo-political struggles to school. I’m not sure if this poster is somewhere else or just wanted to bring in their knowledge of world politics.
Anonymous
08/14/2025 04:20
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. Just reviving instead of starting a new thread. Does anyone know if Woodson or Oakton has south asian (from India) students.
Great schools just lists asians which could be east asian. Spouse is south asian and it would be great for our kids to have friends from the same culture.
I know McLean does. Langley has fewer (my cousin's daughter studies there and shared). Both out of our budget.
TIA. I hope I won't be attacked for this question.
There is a big difference between East Asian and South Asians and even among South Asians, different countries as I think you may know, are not just not friends, there are major issues between them so what you really want to know is where are the Indian students and PPs are clubbing all Asians together like Fairfax county does. Unless someone has personal experience it is hard to know so that's understandable.
You want LCPS. In Fairfax, your best bet is Chantilly (Centerville and Fairfax are not that good in terms of ranking) since your family can't do Langley and Mclean. There are some in Oakton. Woodson has more East Asians.
Too thrilled to have imported lots of people who bring their political/religious/cultural grudges with them and keep the beef alive!
Assuming most of the students are American citizens, they are now Americans. Whey not just find a good group of American kids to coexist with. Is it really necessary to try to divide by ethnicity?
Anonymous
08/13/2025 23:31
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Asian American here. I feel like our school is TOO Asian. My kid’s AAP class is majority Asian, more East Asians than South Asians in McLean.
Anonymous
08/13/2025 17:14
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Does anyone have the breakout of high schools by caste?
Anonymous
08/12/2025 17:24
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NP. Just reviving instead of starting a new thread. Does anyone know if Woodson or Oakton has south asian (from India) students.
Great schools just lists asians which could be east asian. Spouse is south asian and it would be great for our kids to have friends from the same culture.
I know McLean does. Langley has fewer (my cousin's daughter studies there and shared). Both out of our budget.
TIA. I hope I won't be attacked for this question.
There is a big difference between East Asian and South Asians and even among South Asians, different countries as I think you may know, are not just not friends, there are major issues between them so what you really want to know is where are the Indian students and PPs are clubbing all Asians together like Fairfax county does. Unless someone has personal experience it is hard to know so that's understandable.
You want LCPS. In Fairfax, your best bet is Chantilly (Centerville and Fairfax are not that good in terms of ranking) since your family can't do Langley and Mclean. There are some in Oakton. Woodson has more East Asians.
Too thrilled to have imported lots of people who bring their political/religious/cultural grudges with them and keep the beef alive!
Anonymous
08/10/2025 22:11
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:Marshall HS has a substantial population and your child wouldn't feel out of place.
+1
Anonymous
08/10/2025 16:22
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Well, you’re asking about Woodson. There are lots of East Asian students, not as many south Asian but still some. There is generally lots of diversity and we are very happy with that. DD (S Asian) graduated recently and had friends of all races, including South Asian. It works well for us, and I didn’t want things to be so intense as in some of the schools with lots of S Asians. My kids have been able to do well without comparing themselves to others or to feel really stressed out.
Anonymous
08/10/2025 15:33
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
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It works better from a computer than from a tablet or phone in my own experience.
"https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9e1c5cf2d3c74a95820fff9fcb92cdc2"
It works better from a computer than from a tablet or phone in my own experience.
Anonymous
08/10/2025 15:27
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Chantilly and Fairfax
Anonymous
08/10/2025 15:26
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:NP. Just reviving instead of starting a new thread. Does anyone know if Woodson or Oakton has south asian (from India) students.
Great schools just lists asians which could be east asian. Spouse is south asian and it would be great for our kids to have friends from the same culture.
I know McLean does. Langley has fewer (my cousin's daughter studies there and shared). Both out of our budget.
TIA. I hope I won't be attacked for this question.
There is a big difference between East Asian and South Asians and even among South Asians, different countries as I think you may know, are not just not friends, there are major issues between them so what you really want to know is where are the Indian students and PPs are clubbing all Asians together like Fairfax county does. Unless someone has personal experience it is hard to know so that's understandable.
You want LCPS. In Fairfax, your best bet is Chantilly (Centerville and Fairfax are not that good in terms of ranking) since your family can't do Langley and Mclean. There are some in Oakton. Woodson has more East Asians.
Anonymous
08/10/2025 15:20
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are large Asian populations in most parts of Fairfax County, except for southeastern Fairfax and Herndon (where many Asian families have moved to Loudoun). At the HS level:
TJ 72.0%
[majority Asian and primarily East Asian and South Asian]
Chantilly 38.7%
Oakton 31.7%
Centreville 31.6%
Woodson 26.8%
McLean 25.4%
Langley 24.7%
Westfield 23.7%
[Asian population is primarily East Asian and South Asian]
Lewis 23.6%
Fairfax 22.6%
Lake Braddock 20.8%
Marshall 20.2%
Annandale 18.9%
Falls Church 18.3%
South County 18.1%
Madison 14.6%
[Asian populations from different regions, but some schools have more Southeast Asians - for example, Lewis, Annandale and Falls Church have a significant number of Vietnamese-American students]
West Springfield 14.2%
Hayfield 14.1%
Robinson 13.4%
Edison 14.0%
South Lakes 11.6%
Justice 10.7%
Herndon 10.4%
West Potomac 6.3%
Mount Vernon 5.5%
[Lower percentages of Asian students - mostly schools in either southeastern Fairfax or Reston/Herndon]
TJ is 81% minority.
19% whites.
"Lower percentages of Asian students - mostly schools in either southeastern Fairfax or Reston/Herndon]"
haha. I don't think you know what you are talking about. Reston and especially Herndon are filled with people of Indian origin.
Anonymous
08/10/2025 15:09
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Chantilly
Anonymous
08/10/2025 07:47
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Centreville and Chantilly
Anonymous
08/10/2025 06:37
Subject: Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Basis in McLean is 60% East Asian
Anonymous
08/09/2025 21:23
Subject: Re:Highest East Asian population in FCPS schools
Anonymous wrote:There are large Asian populations in most parts of Fairfax County, except for southeastern Fairfax and Herndon (where many Asian families have moved to Loudoun). At the HS level:
TJ 72.0%
[majority Asian and primarily East Asian and South Asian]
Chantilly 38.7%
Oakton 31.7%
Centreville 31.6%
Woodson 26.8%
McLean 25.4%
Langley 24.7%
Westfield 23.7%
[Asian population is primarily East Asian and South Asian]
Lewis 23.6%
Fairfax 22.6%
Lake Braddock 20.8%
Marshall 20.2%
Annandale 18.9%
Falls Church 18.3%
South County 18.1%
Madison 14.6%
[Asian populations from different regions, but some schools have more Southeast Asians - for example, Lewis, Annandale and Falls Church have a significant number of Vietnamese-American students]
West Springfield 14.2%
Hayfield 14.1%
Robinson 13.4%
Edison 14.0%
South Lakes 11.6%
Justice 10.7%
Herndon 10.4%
West Potomac 6.3%
Mount Vernon 5.5%
[Lower percentages of Asian students - mostly schools in either southeastern Fairfax or Reston/Herndon]
TJ is 81% minority.
19% whites.