Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS) is a
public school district that serves
the City of Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658. Falls Church is included in the Washington metropolitan area.
Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Churc ...
. It is a PreK-12
IB World School
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division, meaning all schools in the district are IB-certified.
The school division's five schools served 2,628 students in the 2019-20 school year.
[ The on-time graduation rate is 99.5 percent.][ The 2019 ]SAT
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score average was 1261.["About FCCPS"](_blank)
FCCPS.org.
History
FCCPS officially became an independent school system on June 27, 1949, when the Virginia Board of Education authorized its separation from the Fairfax County school system. Falls Church had obtained the enabling legislation to form an independent city in the year before, in 1948.
Schools
*Jessie Thackrey Preschool (pre-K)
*Mount Daniel Elementary (K-2)
*Oak Street Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
*Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (Grades 6-8)
*Meridian High School (Virginia)
Meridian High School (MHS) (formerly George Mason High School) is a comprehensive public high school serving the independent City of Falls Church. Until January 2014, it was located in Idylwood, an unincorporated area of Falls Church, in Fairfax ...
(Grades 9-12) (formerly George Mason)"Website: Meridian High School"
See also
* List of school divisions in Virginia
This is a complete list of school divisions in the U.S. state of Virginia, organized by the regions into which the Virginia Department of Education groups them.
About school divisions
Virginia's public K-12 schools are neither operated directly ...
References
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School divisions in Virginia
Education in Falls Church, Virginia
1949 establishments in Virginia
School districts established in 1949