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Anonymous wrote:OK, I’ll play as well.


Tier 1:
1. TJ

Tier 2:
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton

Tier 3:
5. Madison
6. Marshall
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly

Tier 4:
9. West Springfield
10. Lake Braddock
11. Robinson

Tier 5:
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South Lakes

Other/tier 6:
16. South County
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Mount Vernon
24. Lewis

Someone should do a similar one for Middle schools

Yes, please!

Yeah, good idea. Someone should start a new thread.

1) Cooper
2) Longfellow
3) Thoreau
4) Rocky Run
5) Frost
6) Irving
7j Lake Braddock

Longfellow is superior to Cooper.

+1.

Nearly twice as many Longfellow students earn admission to TJ as compared to Cooper:

All FCPS middle schools are represented in the Class of 2029:



Longfellow Middle School - 48

Cooper Middle School - 25
Frost Middle School - 19
Katherine Johnson Middle School - 14
Kilmer Middle School - 13
Lake Braddock Middle School - 17
Rocky Run Middle School - 22

You'd better hope your Longfellow kid gets into TJ because McLean HS is falling apart and dropping in the rankings. It had a good principal but now she's gone, too.

Can you tell us more about this? How is McLean falling apart? Like walls crumbling? Plumbing leaks? Tell us more, please (ES mom zoned to McLean, now getting a little worried about my child's safety)

Plumbing problems galore, but they did get some patchwork bathroom improvements done in the past year or so (took a couple tries though, there were still clogs and backups originally). Leaks causing ceiling tiles to change color (and who knows what mold/mildew accumulating behind) and in some cases tiles have dropped (no injuries I'm aware of). No heat in the band room last winter. The School Board did approve replacing that equipment over the summer, don't know the timeline for execution. No power the first day of school this year though I am not sure if it was specific to the school or a broader power issue in the area. Students started an Instagram documenting it all called something like McLeanRot, I forget the exact name. The school was renovated about 20 years ago but it was done on the cheap and not comparable to renovations that other Fairfax County HS have received since (and likewise, other schools that were renovated around the same time as McLean were shortchanged, it's not a McLean-only issue).

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Potomac accepts around 45 incoming 9th graders each year. People with money are only interested in Sidwell, St. Albans, GDS, or Potomac. They don't care much for TJHSST. Now go back to your poor neighborhood.

People with money don't try to save money by sending their kids to public school from K-8 with the poors. You keep striving though.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I’ll play as well.


Tier 1:
1. TJ

Tier 2:
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton

Tier 3:
5. Madison
6. Marshall
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly

Tier 4:
9. West Springfield
10. Lake Braddock
11. Robinson

Tier 5:
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South Lakes

Other/tier 6:
16. South County
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Mount Vernon
24. Lewis

Someone should do a similar one for Middle schools

Yes, please!

Yeah, good idea. Someone should start a new thread.

1) Cooper
2) Longfellow
3) Thoreau
4) Rocky Run
5) Frost
6) Irving
7j Lake Braddock

Longfellow is superior to Cooper.

+1.

Nearly twice as many Longfellow students earn admission to TJ as compared to Cooper:

All FCPS middle schools are represented in the Class of 2029:



Longfellow Middle School - 48

Cooper Middle School - 25
Frost Middle School - 19
Katherine Johnson Middle School - 14
Kilmer Middle School - 13
Lake Braddock Middle School - 17
Rocky Run Middle School - 22

You'd better hope your Longfellow kid gets into TJ because McLean HS is falling apart and dropping in the rankings. It had a good principal but now she's gone, too.

Can you tell us more about this? How is McLean falling apart? Like walls crumbling? Plumbing leaks? Tell us more, please (ES mom zoned to McLean, now getting a little worried about my child's safety)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Potomac accepts around 45 incoming 9th graders each year. People with money are only interested in Sidwell, St. Albans, GDS, or Potomac. They don't care much for TJHSST. Now go back to your poor neighborhood.

It’s always a hoot when some parvenu who lives in the Langley area tries to school others on the preferences of the wealthy. It’s always so fake and tacky.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Why? I would prefer my kids go to Potomac over TJ. Mine go to a similar independent. Both had a good chance at getting admitted to TJ, but they are athletes and never applied.

Who knew that the Cooper folks would get this bent out of shape over someone (not me) posting stats on almost twice as many Longfellow kids getting into TJ this past year? It’s just one year.

Maybe they shouldn’t have started posting about the relative “prestige” of middle schools. Posting about the “prestige” of public high schools was silly enough.

Not the PP, but Longfellow booster, you just sound absurd and insecure. The entire thread is ridiculous, but especially your posts.

LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Why? I would prefer my kids go to Potomac over TJ. Mine go to a similar independent. Both had a good chance at getting admitted to TJ, but they are athletes and never applied.

Who knew that the Cooper folks would get this bent out of shape over someone (not me) posting stats on almost twice as many Longfellow kids getting into TJ this past year? It’s just one year.

Maybe they shouldn’t have started posting about the relative “prestige” of middle schools. Posting about the “prestige” of public high schools was silly enough.

Not the PP, but Longfellow booster, you just sound absurd and insecure. The entire thread is ridiculous, but especially your posts.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Potomac accepts around 45 incoming 9th graders each year. People with money are only interested in Sidwell, St. Albans, GDS, or Potomac. They don't care much for TJHSST. Now go back to your poor neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Why? I would prefer my kids go to Potomac over TJ. Mine go to a similar independent. Both had a good chance at getting admitted to TJ, but they are athletes and never applied.

Who knew that the Cooper folks would get this bent out of shape over someone (not me) posting stats on almost twice as many Longfellow kids getting into TJ this past year? It’s just one year.

Maybe they shouldn’t have started posting about the relative “prestige” of middle schools. Posting about the “prestige” of public high schools was silly enough.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Why? I would prefer my kids go to Potomac over TJ. Mine go to a similar independent. Both had a good chance at getting admitted to TJ, but they are athletes and never applied.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I’ll play as well.


Tier 1:
1. TJ

Tier 2:
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton

Tier 3:
5. Madison
6. Marshall
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly

Tier 4:
9. West Springfield
10. Lake Braddock
11. Robinson

Tier 5:
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South Lakes

Other/tier 6:
16. South County
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Mount Vernon
24. Lewis

Someone should do a similar one for Middle schools

Yes, please!

Yeah, good idea. Someone should start a new thread.

1) Cooper
2) Longfellow
3) Thoreau
4) Rocky Run
5) Frost
6) Irving
7j Lake Braddock

Longfellow is superior to Cooper.

+1.

Nearly twice as many Longfellow students earn admission to TJ as compared to Cooper:

All FCPS middle schools are represented in the Class of 2029:



Longfellow Middle School - 48

Cooper Middle School - 25
Frost Middle School - 19
Katherine Johnson Middle School - 14
Kilmer Middle School - 13
Lake Braddock Middle School - 17
Rocky Run Middle School - 22

You'd better hope your Longfellow kid gets into TJ because McLean HS is falling apart and dropping in the rankings. It had a good principal but now she's gone, too.

That’s because Langley is such an amazing school that less people apply to TJ.

This is like arguing the difference between Princeton and Yale. It’s a pretty silly argument.

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Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

Those private schools have kids in lower grades so it’s not necessarily that easy to get admitted in 9th grade.

But cool (and likely made-up) story about your kids turning down TJHSST for Potomac.

Anonymous wrote:Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

Many students from Cooper choose to attend Sidwell, St. Albans, or Potomac, reflecting the affluence of the area. Not everyone is interested in going to TJ. My children were admitted to TJ but decided to attend Potomac School.

McLean HS is falling apart. The infrastructure is falling apart, and McLean should be very upset about it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I’ll play as well.


Tier 1:
1. TJ

Tier 2:
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton

Tier 3:
5. Madison
6. Marshall
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly

Tier 4:
9. West Springfield
10. Lake Braddock
11. Robinson

Tier 5:
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South Lakes

Other/tier 6:
16. South County
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Mount Vernon
24. Lewis

Someone should do a similar one for Middle schools

Yes, please!

Yeah, good idea. Someone should start a new thread.

1) Cooper
2) Longfellow
3) Thoreau
4) Rocky Run
5) Frost
6) Irving
7j Lake Braddock

Longfellow is superior to Cooper.

+1.

Nearly twice as many Longfellow students earn admission to TJ as compared to Cooper:

All FCPS middle schools are represented in the Class of 2029:



Longfellow Middle School - 48

Cooper Middle School - 25
Frost Middle School - 19
Katherine Johnson Middle School - 14
Kilmer Middle School - 13
Lake Braddock Middle School - 17
Rocky Run Middle School - 22

You'd better hope your Longfellow kid gets into TJ because McLean HS is falling apart and dropping in the rankings. It had a good principal but now she's gone, too.

That’s because Langley is such an amazing school that less people apply to TJ.

Last year there were 133 kids at TJ from the McLean pyramid (Longfellow) and 116 kids from the Langley pyramid (Cooper). Not a big difference.

That averages to 33 kids per year from Longfellow and 29 from Cooper. So it looks like Longfellow had particularly strong TJ admissions last year while Cooper was down slightly. Also, keep in mind that Longfellow also has a larger enrollment than Cooper, despite the boundary changes from 2021. Last year Cooper finished the year with 1019 students while Longfellow had 1236.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I’ll play as well.


Tier 1:
1. TJ

Tier 2:
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton

Tier 3:
5. Madison
6. Marshall
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly

Tier 4:
9. West Springfield
10. Lake Braddock
11. Robinson

Tier 5:
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South Lakes

Other/tier 6:
16. South County
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Mount Vernon
24. Lewis

Someone should do a similar one for Middle schools

Yes, please!

Yeah, good idea. Someone should start a new thread.

1) Cooper
2) Longfellow
3) Thoreau
4) Rocky Run
5) Frost
6) Irving
7j Lake Braddock

Longfellow is superior to Cooper.

+1.

Nearly twice as many Longfellow students earn admission to TJ as compared to Cooper:

All FCPS middle schools are represented in the Class of 2029:



Longfellow Middle School - 48

Cooper Middle School - 25
Frost Middle School - 19
Katherine Johnson Middle School - 14
Kilmer Middle School - 13
Lake Braddock Middle School - 17
Rocky Run Middle School - 22

You'd better hope your Longfellow kid gets into TJ because McLean HS is falling apart and dropping in the rankings. It had a good principal but now she's gone, too.

That’s because Langley is such an amazing school that less people apply to TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:Tier 1:
1. TJ
2. Langley
3. McLean
4. Oakton
5. Marshall

Tier 2:
6. Madison
7. Woodson
8. Chantilly
9. West Springfield
10. Robinson

Tier 3:
11. Lake Braddock
12. Centreville
13. Fairfax
14. Westfield
15. South County

Other/tier 4:
16. South Lakes
17. Hayfield
18. Annandale
19. Falls Church
20. Justice
21. Herndon
22. West Potomac
23. Lewis
24. Mount Vernon

This is pretty close to a list ranked by average family income.

In terms of academics, Woodson is 2nd by a decent margin.

Langley, McLean and Oakton mostly just benefit from having affluent families. Which is legit, but their success has nothing to do with the school.

Chantilly is probably 3rd for me.

Edison is very close 4th.

The rest of the school's just reflect the socioeconomic of their catchment are

Nah, but we do understand your pique at having been relegated to the second tier by OP. These threads are annoying.