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 K-12 IB World School division, meaning all schools in the district are IB-certified. 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. The on-time graduation rate is 99.5 percent. The 2019 SAT score average was 1261. In 2021, Niche listed Falls Church City Public Schools as the Best School District in the Washington, D.C. area as well as  the Best School District in Viginia. In 2021, Newsweek listed Falls Church City Public Schools as the Best School District in Virginia for the second year in a row. 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. 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, US 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. 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.