Fairfax County Public Schools
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The Fairfax County Public Schools system (abbreviated FCPS) is a branch of the Fairfax County
government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax
. FCPS' headquarters is located at 8115 Gatehouse Road in an unincorporated section
of the county near the city of Falls Church
; the headquarters has a Falls Church address but is not within the city limits.
With over 175,000 students enrolled, FCPS is the largest public school system in the Baltimore-Washington and Northern Virginia
Metropolitan Area. The superintendent of schools is Jack D. Dale
. The school division
is the 11th largest school system in the nation and maintains the largest school bus
fleet of any school system in the United States.
The most notable commitment the county makes to its school system is the allocation of 53.5% of its 2011 fiscal budget to the school system. Including state and federal government contributions, along with citizen and corporate contributions, this brings the 2010 fiscal budget for the school system to $2.2 billion. The school system has estimated that, based on the 2010 fiscal budget, the county will invest $12,820 in each student during the 2010-2011 school year.
with the adoption by Virginia of a Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which for the first time in Virginia guaranteed free public education
. However, during the Jim Crow era, a racially-separate system was mandated by Virginia funding laws.
Fairfax County refused to let black students attend and bused them out of the county to Manassas
. Despite the 1954 Supreme court ruling
to end racial segregation
Fairfax County Schools did not allow any black students into designated white schools until 1960.
The county school system was previously headquartered at 10700 Page Avenue in an unincorporated area
of the county completely surrounded by the City of Fairfax
.
s or hugs between friends were not allowed. The FCPS school system stood behind the rule and refused to rescind the rule. The issue was brought to light after a 13-year-old student was reprimanded for putting his arm around his girlfriend during a break, and his parents wrote to the Fairfax County School Board.
On January 22, 2009, the FCPS School Board directed Superintendent Dale to report back to it with a new version of the grading scale by March 2009.
The Board also approved changing the weighting for Honors to 0.5 effective with the 2009-2010 school year and for AP and IB courses to 1.0 retroactively.
Beginning September 2009, the grading system was changed to a 10 point grading system with plusses and minuses. In this new grading system students must have a 92 for an A, 90 for an A-, 88 for a B+, and so on. Students receive a 4.0 for A's, 3.7 for A-'s, 3.3 for B+'s, and so on. Students still must reach 64 to pass.
The Newsweek rankings do not include Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
because it is a selective school. Newsweek recognized it as one of America's "public elite" high schools, having few or no average students.
The transportation department is divided into 4 sections. Regular education is divided into Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3. The 4th section is Special Education. Area 1 serves the Southern part of the county, Area 2 the middle section, and Area 3 the Northern part. Special Education services the entire county.
There are three main garages that serve FCPS school buses. For service and repair, each bus is assigned to one of three garages; West Ox, Alban, or Newington.
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia
The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
. FCPS' headquarters is located at 8115 Gatehouse Road in an unincorporated section
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
of the county near the city of Falls Church
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...
; the headquarters has a Falls Church address but is not within the city limits.
With over 175,000 students enrolled, FCPS is the largest public school system in the Baltimore-Washington and Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
Metropolitan Area. The superintendent of schools is Jack D. Dale
Jack D. Dale
Dr. Jack D. Dale is the Superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools, the public school system for Fairfax County, Virginia and the twelfth largest school system in the United States. He has held the position since 2004. He had previously served as the Superintendent of Frederick County,...
. The school division
School division
-Canada:In Canada the term is used to the area controlled by a school board and is used interchangeably with school district, including in the formal name of the board. For example, see List of Alberta school boards.-United States:...
is the 11th largest school system in the nation and maintains the largest school bus
School bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
fleet of any school system in the United States.
The most notable commitment the county makes to its school system is the allocation of 53.5% of its 2011 fiscal budget to the school system. Including state and federal government contributions, along with citizen and corporate contributions, this brings the 2010 fiscal budget for the school system to $2.2 billion. The school system has estimated that, based on the 2010 fiscal budget, the county will invest $12,820 in each student during the 2010-2011 school year.
History
The public school system in Fairfax County was created after the Civil WarAmerican Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
with the adoption by Virginia of a Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which for the first time in Virginia guaranteed free public education
Public education
State schools, also known in the United States and Canada as public schools,In much of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the terms 'public education', 'public school' and 'independent school' are used for private schools, that is, schools...
. However, during the Jim Crow era, a racially-separate system was mandated by Virginia funding laws.
Fairfax County refused to let black students attend and bused them out of the county to Manassas
Manassas, Virginia
The City of Manassas is an independent city surrounded by Prince William County and the independent city of Manassas Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Its population was 37,821 as of 2010. Manassas also surrounds the county seat for Prince William County but that county...
. Despite the 1954 Supreme court ruling
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which...
to end racial segregation
Racial segregation in the United States
Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, included the racial segregation or hypersegregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines...
Fairfax County Schools did not allow any black students into designated white schools until 1960.
The county school system was previously headquartered at 10700 Page Avenue in an unincorporated area
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
of the county completely surrounded by the City of Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia
The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
.
No contact rule
Kilmer Middle School, a school in the FCPS system, had a strict rule/policy of "no physical contact", meaning that contact such as high fiveHigh five
The high five is a celebratory hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide or slap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat hand of their partner...
s or hugs between friends were not allowed. The FCPS school system stood behind the rule and refused to rescind the rule. The issue was brought to light after a 13-year-old student was reprimanded for putting his arm around his girlfriend during a break, and his parents wrote to the Fairfax County School Board.
On January 22, 2009, the FCPS School Board directed Superintendent Dale to report back to it with a new version of the grading scale by March 2009.
The Board also approved changing the weighting for Honors to 0.5 effective with the 2009-2010 school year and for AP and IB courses to 1.0 retroactively.
Beginning September 2009, the grading system was changed to a 10 point grading system with plusses and minuses. In this new grading system students must have a 92 for an A, 90 for an A-, 88 for a B+, and so on. Students receive a 4.0 for A's, 3.7 for A-'s, 3.3 for B+'s, and so on. Students still must reach 64 to pass.
Controversy over disciplinary policies
Fairfax County Public Schools and Superintendent Dale have been criticized for the Fairfax County school system disciplinary process, which has been blamed for the recent suicides of two students: Josh Anderson, of South Lakes High School, took his life in March 2009; and Nick Stuban, a "model student" at W.T. Woodson High School, committed suicide on January 20, 2011. On January 11, 2011, before the second suicide, Superintendent Dale had defended himself in a letter to the Fairfax County School Board and the Board of Supervisors. In that letter, Dale refused to admit that the disciplinary system needed to be reformed, and blamed the family of the first suicide victim for "unconscionable" actions and "furthering a falsehood" when they associated their son's suicide with the disciplinary process that had "crushed" his spirit. To date, the Fairfax County Public Schools, the School Board, and Superintendent Dale have not made any public statements related to reforming the county's school discipline process.Schools
| School Name | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale | 623 | 516 | 862 | 924 | 960 | 1004 | 1279 |
| Centreville | 177 | 149 | 99 | 112 | 106 | 131 | 141 |
| Chantilly | 72 | 94 | 162 | 133 | 126 | 136 | 224 |
| Edison | 425 | 692 | 657 | 694 | 751 | 798 | 804 |
| Fairfax | 92 | 196 | 211 | 157 | 258 | 133 | 182 |
| Falls Church | 128 | 289 | 395 | 1323 | 390 | 198 | 486 |
| Hayfield | N/A | N/A | 356 | 783 | 806 | 510 | 567 |
| Herndon | 115 | 174 | 139 | 161 | 145 | 166 | 153 |
| Langley | 31 | 50 | 81 | 72 | 55 | 102 | 118 |
| Lee | 787 | 1019 | 1215 | 1323 | 801 | 812 | 1218 |
| Madison | 787 | 1019 | 123 | 141 | 152 | 199 | 144 |
| Marshall | 184 | 187 | 201 | 211 | 254 | 159 | 203 |
| McLean | 152 | 128 | 86 | 76 | 99 | 115 | 102 |
| Mount Vernon | 305 | 729 | 636 | 1323 | 1398 | 1217 | 1516 |
| Oakton | 143 | 103 | 105 | 103 | 105 | 157 | 158 |
| South County | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 143 | 176 | 308 |
| South Lakes | 407 | 383 | 608 | 842 | 515 | 570 | 221 |
| Stuart | 230 | 371 | 368 | 458 | 330 | 285 | 446 |
| West Potomac | 108 | 403 | 295 | 198 | 221 | 270 | 550 |
| West Springfield | 145 | 141 | 155 | 172 | 250 | 263 | 280 |
| Westfield | 48 | 126 | 142 | 179 | 148 | 192 | 353 |
| Woodson | 23 | 34 | 91 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 92 |
The Newsweek rankings do not include Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
because it is a selective school. Newsweek recognized it as one of America's "public elite" high schools, having few or no average students.
High schools
- Annandale High SchoolAnnandale High SchoolAnnandale High School is an International Baccalaureate high school in Annandale, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system....
- Centreville High School
- Chantilly High SchoolChantilly High SchoolChantilly High School is a high school located in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.-Overview:...
- Thomas A. Edison High SchoolThomas A. Edison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)Thomas A. Edison High School is a high school in Rose Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools.In the 1990s, the school's debate and forensics teams gained widespread recognition. The Policy Debate Team won the Harvard Tournament , the Glenbrooks , and two...
- Fairfax High SchoolFairfax High School (Fairfax, Virginia)Fairfax High School is a public high school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but is operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, as part of a contractual agreement....
- Falls Church High SchoolFalls Church High SchoolFalls Church High School is a high school located in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. While the school has a Falls Church, Virginia mailing address, the school is not located in the city of Falls Church and does not serve the City of Falls Church, which is served by...
- Herndon High SchoolHerndon High SchoolHerndon High School is a fully accredited four year public high school in Herndon, Virginia, United States. Herndon serves grades 9-12 and is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. Herndon High School serves the town of Herndon and the northern part of the unincorporated community...
- Langley High School
- Robert E. Lee High SchoolRobert E. Lee High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)Robert E. Lee High School is a high school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system. Its mascot is the Lancer. The school is located in Springfield in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. It is named after Robert E. Lee, the general of the Confederate troops in the American Civil War...
- James Madison High SchoolJames Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)James Madison High School is a high school located in an unincorporated area of Fairfax County, Virginia, adjacent to the town limits of Vienna, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Oakton High School is James Madison High School's main rival, although other rivals include Langley High...
- George C. Marshall High SchoolGeorge C. Marshall High SchoolGeorge C. Marshall High School is a public school in Idylwood, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, and part of Fairfax County Public Schools . Newsweek ranked Marshall 159th on its 2009 list of the top U.S. high schools.-Name:...
- McLean High SchoolMcLean High SchoolMcLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
- Mount Vernon High School
- Oakton High SchoolOakton High SchoolOakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
- South Lakes High SchoolSouth Lakes High SchoolSouth Lakes High School is the primary high school for the community of Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia. The school, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, had 1,860 students in the 2009-2010 school year....
- J. E. B. Stuart High School
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyThomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
- West Potomac High SchoolWest Potomac High SchoolWest Potomac High School is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.-History:...
- West Springfield High School
- Westfield High SchoolWestfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP.It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools , serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in...
- Wilbert Tucker Woodson High SchoolWilbert Tucker Woodson High SchoolWilbert Tucker Woodson High School, commonly known as W.T. Woodson High School, is a high school located in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the east end of the city of Fairfax, opposite the shopping center on Main Street....
Secondary schools
- Hayfield Secondary SchoolHayfield Secondary SchoolHayfield Secondary School is the oldest secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened its doors in 1968 and graduated its first seniors in 1971.-History:...
- Lake Braddock Secondary SchoolLake Braddock Secondary SchoolLake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools . It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other three are Hayfield, Robinson, and South County.Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock...
- Robinson Secondary SchoolRobinson Secondary SchoolJames W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....
- South County Secondary SchoolSouth County Secondary SchoolSouth County Secondary School is a secondary school in Lorton, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system, opened in September 2005...
Alternative high schools
- Bryant Alternative High School
- Mountain View Alternative High SchoolMountain View Alternative High SchoolMountain View Alternative High School is a public alternative high school in the unincorporated community of Centreville, Virginia. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
- Pimmit Hills Alternative High School
- Woodson Adult High School
Middle schools
- Rachel Carson Middle SchoolRachel Carson Middle SchoolRachel Carson Middle School is a middle school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Herndon. The school is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Its principal is August Frattali...
- James Fenimore Cooper Middle School
- Franklin Middle SchoolFranklin Middle School (Chantilly, Virginia)Franklin Middle School is a public middle school in Fairfax County, Virginia. Although Fairfax schools generally are named after American authors, this school was named after Benjamin Franklin. The school was originally dedicated as Benjamin Franklin Intermediate School in 1984, and renamed to...
- Robert Frost Middle School
- Ellen Glasgow Middle School
- Herndon Middle School
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School
- Langston Hughes Middle School
- Washington Irving Middle School
- Luther Jackson Middle SchoolLuther Jackson Middle SchoolLuther Jackson Middle School, located in Falls Church, Virginia, is a part of the Fairfax County Public School system and is one of 26 public middle schools in the county. It opened in 1954 as Luther Jackson High School, the first all-black high school in Fairfax County...
- Francis Scott Key Middle School
- Joyce Kilmer Middle SchoolJoyce Kilmer Middle SchoolJoyce Kilmer Middle School is a school in the Fairfax County Public Schools System in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, east of the city of Vienna. Kilmer serves grades 7-8. It was named after the journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer...
- Sidney Lanier Middle School
- Liberty Middle SchoolLiberty Middle School (Virginia)Liberty Middle School is a public school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is one of the feeder middle schools for Centreville High School. They are both located on the same road less than two miles apart.-History:...
- Longfellow Middle School
- Edgar Allan Poe Middle School
- Rocky Run Middle SchoolRocky Run Middle SchoolRocky Run Middle School is a public middle school in Fairfax County, Virginia. As of September 2007, the school accommodates 814 students. Being a GT magnet school, it is fed by many elementary schools, including Brookfield, Bull Run, Greenbriar East, Greenbriar West, Poplar Tree, Willow...
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolCarl Sandburg Middle SchoolCarl Sandburg Middle School is located south of Alexandria, Virginia, USA and is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools school district. The school serves 7th and 8th graders.-History:...
- Ormond Stone Middle SchoolOrmond Stone Middle SchoolOrmond Stone Middle School is a public middle school in Centreville, a section of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
- Henry David Thoreau Middle School
- Mark Twain Middle School
- Walt Whitman Middle School
Elementary schools
- Buzz Aldrin Elementary School
- Annandale Terrace Elementary School
- Louise Archer Elementary SchoolLouise Archer Elementary SchoolLocated in the west of the town of Vienna, Virginia, United States, Louise Archer Elementary School is one of many elementary schools part of Fairfax County Public Schools...
- Armstrong Elementary School
- Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesBailey's Elementary School for the Arts and SciencesBailey's Elementary is a public school located in Bailey's Crossroads, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The school was founded in 1952. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools . The school is by far the most culturally, economically, linguistically diverse elementary school in...
- Beech Tree Elementary School
- Belle View Elementary School
- Belvedere Elementary School
- Bonnie Brae Elementary School
- Braddock Elementary School
- Bren Mar Park Elementary School
- Brookfield Elementary School
- Bucknell Elementary School
- Bull Run Elementary School
- Bush Hill Elementary School
- Camelot Elementary School
- Cameron Elementary School
- Canterbury Woods Elementary School
- Cardinal Forest Elementary School
- Centre Ridge Elementary School
- Centreville Elementary School
- Cherry Run Elementary School
- Chesterbrook Elementary School
- Churchill Road Elementary School
- Clearview Elementary School
- Clermont Elementary School
- Clifton Elementary School
- Columbia Elementary School
- Colvin Run Elementary School
- Crestwood Elementary School
- A. Scott Crossfield Elementary School
- Cub Run Elementary School
- Cunningham Park Elementary School
- Daniels Run Elementary School
- Deer Park Elementary School
- Dogwood Elementary School
- Dranesville Elementary School
- Eagle View Elementary School
- Fairfax Villa Elementary School
- Fairhill Elementary School
- Fairview Elementary School
- Flint Hill Elementary School
- Floris Elementary School
- Forest Edge Elementary School
- Forestdale Elementary School
- Forestville Elementary School
- Fort Belvoir Elementary School
- Fort Hunt Elementary School
- Fox Mill Elementary School
- Franconia Elementary School
- Franklin Sherman Elementary School
- Freedom Hill Elementary School
- Garfield Elementary School
- Glen Forest Elementary School
- Graham Road Elementary School
- Great Falls Elementary School
- Greenbriar East Elementary School
- Greenbriar West Elementary School
- Groveton Elementary School
- Gunston Elementary School
- William Halley Elementary School
- Haycock Elementary School
- Hayfield Elementary School
- Herndon Elementary School
- Hollin Meadows Elementary School
- Hunt Valley Elementary School
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
- Hutchison Elementary School
- Hybla Valley Elementary School
- Island Creek Elementary School
- Keene Mill Elementary School
- Kent Gardens Elementary SchoolKent Gardens Elementary SchoolKent Gardens Elementary School is located in McLean, VA and is part of the McLean High School pyramid. It is affiliated with Fairfax County Public Schools and includes grades k-6. Its current principal is Robyn Hooker.-During School:...
- Kings Glen Elementary School
- Kings Park Elementary School
- Lake Anne Elementary School
- Anthony T. Lane Elementary School
- Laurel Ridge Elementary School
- Lees Corner Elementary School
- Lemon Road Elementary School
- Little Run Elementary School
- London Towne Elementary School
- Lorton Station Elementary School
- Lynbrook Elementary School
- Mantua Elementary School
- Marshall Road Elementary School
- McNair Elementary School
- Mosby Woods Elementary School
- Mount Eagle Elementary School
- Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School
- Navy Elementary School
- Newington Forest Elementary School
- North Springfield Elementary School
- Oak Hill Elementary School
- Oak View Elementary School
- Oakton Elementary School
- Olde Creek Elementary School
- Orange Hunt Elementary School
- Parklawn Elementary School
- Pine Spring Elementary School
- Poplar Tree Elementary SchoolPoplar Tree Elementary SchoolPoplar Tree Elementary School is an elementary school in the Chantilly section of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. , the school had 830 students.-History:...
- Colin L. Powell Elementary School
- Providence Elementary School
- Ravensworth Elementary School
- Riverside Elementary School
- Rolling Valley Elementary School
- Rose Hill Elementary School
- Sangster Elementary SchoolSangster Elementary SchoolSangster Elementary School opened in 1989 as part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. The school is located within Orange Hunt Estates, Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC...
- Saratoga Elementary School
- Shrevewood Elementary School
- Silverbrook Elementary School
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary School
- Spring Hill Elementary School
- Springfield Estates Elementary School
- Stenwood Elementary School
- Stratford Landing Elementary School
- Sunrise Valley Elementary School
- Terra Centre Elementary School
- Terraset Elementary School
- Timber Lane Elementary School
- Union Mill Elementary School
- Vienna Elementary School
- Virginia Hills Elementary School
- Virginia Run Elementary School
- Wakefield Forest Elementary School
- Waples Mill Elementary School
- Washington Mill Elementary School
- Waynewood Elementary School
- West Springfield Elementary School
- Westbriar Elementary School
- Westgate Elementary School
- Westlawn Elementary School
- Weyanoke Elementary School
- White Oaks Elementary School
- Willow Springs Elementary School
- Wolftrap Elementary School
- Woodburn Elementary School for the Fine and Communicative Arts
- Woodlawn Elementary School
- Woodley Hills Elementary School
Special education centers
- Burke Center
- Camelot Center
- Cedar Lane School
- Davis Career Center
- Key Center
- Kilmer Center
- Mount Vernon Center
- Pulley Career Center
- Quander Road School
Interagency Alternative Schools
- Adult Detention Center
- Boys Probation House
- Care Connection for Children
- Compass Day School
- Computer Enhanced Instruction Program
- Crossroads Residential Program
- Devonshire Center
- Elizabeth Blackwell School
- Enterprise School
- Falls Bridge School
- Girls Probation House
- GRANTS (GED Readiness and New Technology Skills)
- Gunston School at South County Juvenile Court
- Hickory Grove School
- Hillwood School at East County Juvenile Court
- Horizons Day School
- Independent Study Program
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Less Secure Shelter Home
- Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute
- Northern Virginia Sickle Cell Center at Inova
- Northwest Center
- Sager School
- Sojourn House
- Sunrise House
- Transition Support Resource Center
- Vista Day School at South County Juvenile Court
Transportation
FCPS operates a fleet of close to 1,600 school buses. The fleet make-up consists of buses that are from 1988 to 2008. FCPS operates the following bus models:- 1989 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE
- 1990 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE
- 1991 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE
- 1992 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE
- 1993 AmTran Genesis
- 1994 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE
- 1994 Thomas Vista
- 1994 Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER
- 1995 Thomas Vista
- 1995 Thomas Saf-T-Liner ER
- 1996 AmTran Genesis
- 1996 AmTran RE
- 1997 AmTran Genesis
- 1997 Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
- 1998 AmTran Genesis
- 1998 Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP EF
- 1998 Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
- 1999 AmTran Genesis
- 1999 AmTran RE
- 2000 AmTran FE
- 2000 AmTran RE
- 2000 Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP EF
- 2001 International RE
- 2001 Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP EF
- 2002 IC RE
- 2002 IC FE
- 2003 IC RE
- 2003 IC FE
- 2004 IC RE
- 2004 IC FE
- 2006 IC RE
- 2006 IC FE
- 2007 IC RE
- 2007 IC FE
- 2008 IC RE
- 2008 IC FE
- 2008 IC CE
- 2009 IC CE
- 2009 IC RE
The transportation department is divided into 4 sections. Regular education is divided into Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3. The 4th section is Special Education. Area 1 serves the Southern part of the county, Area 2 the middle section, and Area 3 the Northern part. Special Education services the entire county.
There are three main garages that serve FCPS school buses. For service and repair, each bus is assigned to one of three garages; West Ox, Alban, or Newington.