These Are The Best School Districts In NoVA, New Ranking Says

One of the most important considerations of Northern Virginia parents when choosing a place to live is the quality of the school district.

According to the 2026 Best School Districts in America list recently released by the education ranking service Niche, the best Virginia school district in the Washington, D.C., region is Falls Church City Public Schools.

Niche gave FCCPS an overall grade of A+, making it the second best K-12 school district in the D.C. area. The school system also ranked seventh among the best places to teach and had the best teachers in Niche's state rankings.

The top-ranked school in the D.C. region was Washington Latin Public Charter Schools in Washington, D.C.

Other school districts in Northern Virginia that got an “A-” or better grade are, in the order they ranked, are:

• No. 3 Arlington Public Schools: A
• No. 5 Fairfax County Public Schools: A
• No. 7 Prince William County Public Schools: A-
• No. 11 Alexandria City Public Schools: B

Two other NoVA school districts were mentioned and given a grade, but not assigned a number ranking:

• Manassas Park City Public Schools, B
• Manassas City Public Schools, C+

Niche also released its rankings of the best public high schools in Virginia.

Niche said its rankings, now in the 11th year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

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