Justice High School

This is one of the smaller FCPS high schools and offers an excellent IB program which prepares students for college and careers. The small size allows students to participate in many sports and activities. The staff is committed to excellence. This website rating of 3 is misleading as it rates only AP participation. Justice offers few AP courses to fill the gaps that the IB doesn't cover.

This is an excellent neighborhood school with good teachers who care about the students and spend an incredible amount of time with them. Students who have college as a goal get excellent support and are admitted to some of the best schools in the country.

Many educators burned out. Administration failures. Poor test scores from a majority population of students who are not fluent English speakers with no working plan in place to bring them fluent. So much truancy that the surrounding streets during school looks like a mall on a Saturday. I could go on.

Our boys spent eight consecutive years at Stuart, so we learned a lot about the school and its teachers. With its IB program and AP classes, any student who is motivated can get a great education. There are dedicated and hardworking teachers and a safe environment (I can't remember one dangerous incident while our boys were there). The school has low scores because of it's large low income population, but its amazing diversity was a plus for our boys, not a problem.