All of Fairfax County’s 24 high schools have been designated among
the most demanding public schools in the country and are featured in
the 2008 Newsweek-Washington Post list of 1,358 top U.S. high schools,
found at Newsweek's web site. The 1,358 schools represent the top five percent of high schools nationwide. Four
Fairfax County public schools made the list of top 100 schools
published in Newsweek, based on a formula devised by Washington Post
education reporter Jay Mathews. In the top 100 are Langley High School
at 55; Woodson High School, ranked 73rd; Lake Braddock Secondary
School, ranked 93rd; and McLean High School at 97. Rankings
for other Fairfax County Public Schools are: Oakton High School, 103;
Centreville High School, 104; Chantilly High School, 122; South County
Secondary School, 139; Herndon High School, 141; Westfield High School,
144; Madison High School, 148; Robinson Secondary School, 214; West
Potomac High School, 216; West Springfield High School, 244; Marshall
High School, 248; Fairfax High School, 252; Stuart High School, 322;
Falls Church High School, 383; South Lakes High School, 515; Edison
High School, 746; Lee High School, 791; Hayfield Secondary School, 796,
Mount Vernon High School, 855; and Annandale High School, 938. |
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