Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools system contains 31 high schools. The district contains 15 school that received a gold, silver, or bronze medals in U.S. News‘s Best High Schools rankings: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria ranked #2 nationally and #1 in Virginia.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools
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- Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA 22312 — 100% Tested AP, 100% Passed AP; Ranked #2 Nationally, #1 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 100/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.9/4 — 100% Proficient
- READING: 4.0/4 —- 100% Proficient
- George Mason High School, Falls Church City, VA 22043 — 100 Tested AP, 100% Passed AP; Ranked #19 Nationally, #2 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 100/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 98% Proficient
- READING: 3.7/4 —- 98% Proficient
- George C. Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA 22043 — 99% Tested AP, 82% Passed AP; Ranked #55 Nationally, #3 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 86.2/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.5/4 — 97% Proficient
- READING: 3.7/4 —- 98% Proficient
- McLean High School, McLean, VA 22101 — 84% Tested AP, 75% Passed AP; Ranked #85 Nationally, #4 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 76.9/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 96% Proficient
- READING: 3.7/4 —- 97% Proficient
- James Robinson Jr. Secondary School, Fairfax, VA 22032 — 90% Tested AP, 72% Passed AP; Ranked #88 Nationally, #5 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 76.3/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 95% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 97% Proficient
- Langley High School, McLean, VA 22101 — 78% Tested AP, 73% Passed AP; Ranked #98 Nationally, #6 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 74/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.5/4 — 98% Proficient
- READING: 3.8/4 —- 99% Proficient
- W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA 22031 — 82% Tested AP, 65% Passed AP; Ranked #122 Nationally, #7 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 69.6/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.4/4 — 97% Proficient
- READING: 3.7/4 —- 99% Proficient
- James Madison High School, Vienna, VA 22181 — 81% Tested AP, 64% Passed AP; Ranked #129 Nationally, #8 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 68.5/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 97% Proficient
- READING: 3.8/4 —- 99% Proficient
- Oakton High School, Vienna, VA 22181 — 74% Tested AP, 60% Passed AP; Ranked #165 Nationally, #9 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 63.3/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.4/4 — 97% Proficient
- READING: 3.7/4 —- 98% Proficient
- Lake Braddock High School, Burke, VA 22015 — 78% Tested AP, 54% Passed AP; Ranked #193 Nationally, #11 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 60.1/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 94% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 98% Proficient
- West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA 22152 — 74% Tested AP, 54% Passed AP; Ranked #207 Nationally, #12 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 59.4/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 93% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 98% Proficient
- Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA 22030 — 71% Tested AP, 51% Passed AP; Ranked #249 Nationally, #13 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 56.3/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 96% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 — 98% Proficient
- Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA 20151 — 65% Tested AP, 50% Passed AP; Ranked #294 Nationally, #15 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 53.5/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.4/4 — 95% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 98% Proficient
- Westfield High School, Chantilly, VA 20151 — 60% Tested AP, 50% Passed AP; Ranked #305 Nationally, #16 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 52.8/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.3/4 — 95% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 97% Proficient
- Falls Church High School, Falls Church, VA 22042 — 66% Tested AP, 37% Passed AP; Ranked #532 Nationally, #22 in Virginia
- COLLEGE READINESS: 44.4/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.1/4 — 91% Proficient
- READING: 3.4/4 —- 95% Proficient
- Annandale High School, Annandale, VA 22003 — 67% Tested AP, 49% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 53.7/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.1/4 — 84% Proficient
- READING: 3.4/4 —- 96% Proficient
- Centreville High School, Clifton, VA 20124 — 72% Tested AP, 51% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 56.3/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.2/4 — 89% Proficient
- READING: 3.5/4 —- 96% Proficient
- Edison High School, Alexandria, VA 22310 — 68% Tested AP, 56% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 58.8/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.1/4 — 89% Proficient
- READING: 3.4/4 —- 94% Proficient
- Herndon High School, Herndon, VA 20170 — 70% Tested AP, 52% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 56.5/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.2/4 — 91% Proficient
- READING: 3.5/4 —- 93% Proficient
- Lee High School, Springfield, VA 22150 — 75% Tested AP, 55% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 60.0/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.0/4 — 82% Proficient
- READING: 3.4/4 —- 93% Proficient
- Mount Vernon High School, Alexandria, VA 22309 — 47% Tested AP, 32% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 35.5/100
- GEOMETRY: 2.9/4 — 80% Proficient
- READING: 3.3/4 —- 92% Proficient
- South County Secondary School, Lorton, VA 22079 — 66% Tested AP, 41% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 46.9/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.2/4 — 93% Proficient
- READING: 3.6/4 —- 97% Proficient
- South Lakes High School, Reston, VA 20191 — 88% Tested AP, 60% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 67.0/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.0/4 — 80% Proficient
- READING: 3.4/4 —- 92% Proficient
- Stuart High School, Falls Church, VA 22044 — 75% Tested AP, 50% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 56.2/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.0/4 — 81% Proficient
- READING: 3.3/4 —- 91% Proficient
- West Potomac High School, Alexandria, VA 22307 — 52% Tested AP, 37% Passed AP
- COLLEGE READINESS: 40.5/100
- GEOMETRY: 3.2/4 — 90% Proficient
- READING: 3.5/4 —- 95% Proficient
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ADDITIONAL INFO: http://viviannerutkowski.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/northern-virginia-and-maryland-high-schools-among-top-ranked-high-schools-nationwide-in-2012/
***College-readiness performance was tested using Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate test data as the benchmarks for success, depending on which program was largest at the school.
A “college readiness index” was computed based on the school’s AP or IB participation rate (the number of 12th-grade students in the 2009-2010 academic year who took at least one AP or IB test before or during their senior year, divided by the number of 12th graders) and how well the students did on those tests.
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***The maximum college readiness index value is 100.0, which means that every 12th-grade student during the 2009-2010 academic year in a particular school took and passed at least one AP or IB test before or during their senior year.
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***In total, U.S. News nationally ranked the 4,877 highest-scoring schools as gold, silver, or bronze.
- Gold medals: Schools with highest unrounded college readiness index values were numerically ranked from No. 1 to No. 500 and were the gold medal winners.
- Silver medals: The next group of high schools with the highest unrounded college readiness indexes were numerically ranked No. 501 through No. 2,008 and were the silver medal winners.
- Bronze medals: An additional 2,869 high schools ranked No. 2,009 through No. 4,877 were awarded bronze medals. A bronze medal school either does not offer any AP or IB courses, or its college readiness index was less than the median of 16.3 needed to be ranked silver.
NOTE: All information presented here is believed to be accurate, but is subject to errors and omissions and should not be relied upon without verification.
