Lake Barcroft’s public schools beat 65% of Virginia districts
The public schools Lake Barcroft’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
The short version on Lake Barcroft’s schools
Strong statewide, typical for its income level
Statewide, Lake Barcroft’s schools beat 65% of districts. Compared with the 117 towns that have similar household incomes, that drops to 39%. Some of the strong showing reflects who lives here, so families moving from a similar town shouldn’t expect a big step up. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary and 26 middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Justice High. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Lake Barcroft compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Virginia only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Lake Barcroft.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Lake Barcroft
5 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Lake Barcroft families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Lake Barcroft
There’s no college in Lake Barcroft, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church in Annandale, 3.3 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Barcroft. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.