Good Public High Schools in NoVA

blueiguana
Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:49:20 +0000

That’s not really a black and white question. I would be more concerned if either school is over intended capacity, if students have trouble scheduling courses, either due to conflict between two classes (this means one or both are only offered once a day), or because of enrollment restrictions (not getting an elective AP as a sophomore is nbd, not getting a core AP as a Sr is). I would be looking at extracurricular offerings and how they match up to my students talents/interests. Does one have an excellent music or drama program? An award winning debate or robotics team? Lastly, I’d be sure to look at the county school planning to see if there was any future construction/rezoning in the next several years that could effect that high school. All of these things would factor higher then the size of the high school IMO.