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The school system has expanded to include over 196 schools and centers, including 22 high schools, three secondary schools, 23 middle schools, and 141 elementary schools. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) also operates a fleet of over 1520 school buses, which transport 110,000 students daily.
The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but implements Fairfax County Public Schools' "educational services, staffing, transportation, and food services." [50] NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson [51] is the school's namesake. Until 2021, the school was named for American poet and Confederate soldier Sidney Lanier.
All of the K-12 school districts are classified as dependent public school systems by the U.S. Census Bureau. [2] Each public school division is associated with one or more of the counties , independent cities and incorporated towns in Virginia, with major portions of their funding (and in many instances other services) provided through those ...
Fairfax County: Virginia: ... Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland) ... Clovis Unified: California: 43,264 43,654 118 NR NR new St. Johns County School District ...
High schools in Fairfax County, Virginia (10 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The school opened in 1952. The magnet program was established in 1991, [1] after Bailey's parent–teacher association (PTA), under President Richard Kurin, threatened to sue the school board to redraw the school boundaries, [2] hoping to bring academic, linguistic, and cultural diversity to a school with a high percentage of non-native English speakers (87% in 1991). [3]
Thomas Jefferson High School was constructed and opened in 1964. [7] [8] Fairfax County Public Schools' superintendent William J. Burkholder and his staff began working on the idea of a science high school in 1983 with advice from the superintendent's business/advisory council. [9]
George C. Marshall High School is a public school in Falls Church, Virginia. Named for General George C. Marshall , it opened in 1962 and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). It is ranked #245 in the nation for public schools and has received a gold award for Best High Schools from the U.S. News & World Report 2020. [ 5 ]