Falls Church City Public Schools

Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS) is a public school district that serves the City of Falls Church, Virginia. It is a PreK-12 IB World School division, meaning all schools in the district are IB-certified.[2]

Falls Church City Public Schools
Address
150 S. Washington Street, Ste 400 Falls Church , Virginia, 22046 United States
District information
Type	Public school division
Grades	Pre-K–12
Superintendent	Dr. Peter J. Noonan
School board	Laura Downs - Chair Dr. Tate Gould - Vice-Chair Dr. Jerrod Anderson Dr. Susan Dimock Dr. David Ortiz Lori Silverman Kathleen Tysse Michael Kasher - Student Representative
NCES District ID	5101290[1]
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,534 (2022-2023)[1]
Staff	623 (as of 2022)
Student–teacher ratio	15.78[1]
Other information
Website	www.fccps.org

In 2022, the FCCPS IB Primary Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme, and IB Diploma Programmes completed their five-year evaluation. Due to the pandemic, IB evaluators did their work remotely visiting classrooms and meeting with various stakeholders, including parents, students, teachers, and leadership teams, to get a comprehensive view of our program. During the concluding meeting with school leadership, the evaluation team highlighted many aspects of our program, including our commitment to a high-quality learning environment and the strong development of internationally-minded students. They found "No Matters to be Addressed" with the MYP & DP programmes, and "All Requirements in Place" with the PYP programme.

The school division's five schools served 2,628 students in the 2019-20 school year.[3] The on-time graduation rate is 99.5 percent.[3] The 2019 SAT score average was 1261.[3]

In 2022, Challenge_Index ranked Meridian High School (Virginia) in the Top 1% of 22,000 high schools in the country, and 1 of only 3 Virginia schools in the Top 1%. Meridian is ranked #2 in Virginia, and #171 in the nation. The Challenge_Index, created by former Washington Post Education columnist, Jay Mathews, is the oldest high school ranking system in the country, beginning in 1998 in both Newsweek and the Washington Post.

In 2021, 2022, and 2023 Niche listed Falls Church City Public Schools as the Best School District in Virginia and 2nd Best School District in the Washington D.C. Metro.[4][5]

In 2021, Newsweek listed Falls Church City Public Schools as the Best School District in Virginia for the second year in a row.[6]

In 2020 and 2021, 24WallSt.com listed Falls Church City Public Schools as the Best School District in Virginia in its special report: The Best School District in Every State.[7]

In 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked FCCPS' Meridian High School (Virginia) #16 in Virginia in its 2019 Best High Schools in America Ranking.

In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Falls Church, VA the 3rd Healthiest Community in America and received the only perfect 100 scores in the Education subcategory of the 500 communities included.