Esbee points to the Newsweek list of top high schools in the US of A.  Winston-Salem/Forsyth County has two schools on the list: Mt. Tabor at #185 and West Forsyth at #1,294. Our kids are either at West or are headed that way so I’m happy to see them on the list, which is better than not being on it at all.  But of course these kinds of lists are subjective so they need to be taken with a grain of salt. 

Out of curiosity I looked to see the ranking of the school our kids would have gone to if we’d stayed in Northern Virginia.  I believe they would have gone to Forest Park which was ranked 1,019 so not a whole lot of difference.  If we’d not moved from our very first home in West Springfield, VA our kids’ high school would have been ranked #244.

I also looked to see how my old high school (the one I attended before transferring to a small Lutheran H.S.) ranked and Washington-Lee in Arlington County, VA came in at #64.  The other schools I would have attended had I not gone to the small Lutheran school (we moved a lot) were Oakton (#103) in Vienna, VA and Marshall (not ranked) in Fairfax, VA.  Celeste’s alma mater, Potomac H.S. is ranked #562.

Now if my kids are anything like me they’ll pick their colleges based on the list of top party schools and not the Newsweek listing of top colleges by various categories.  Of course my children are much wiser than I’ll ever be.