Summary:
Zip code 22015 (Burke, VA) contains one high school, Lake Braddock Secondary, a combined secondary school serving grades 7–12 within Fairfax County Public Schools and enrolling 4,411 students. Because it is the only school in the area, comparisons are made against district and state averages. Lake Braddock is a high-performing school with steady improvement, rising from #78 to #57 in Virginia state rankings over two years and placing in the top 17 percent of all state high schools. It also outperforms its district, with Fairfax County Public Schools ranking 39th out of 131 Virginia districts.
The school's strengths include a 98.5 percent graduation rate versus the 92.3 percent state average, and a dropout rate of just 0.8 percent compared to 5.0 percent statewide. Reading proficiency is consistently strong; 11th-grade English Reading reached 94.56 percent, above district and state levels. Lake Braddock also excels in accelerated math, with 8th-grade Geometry at 100 percent proficiency, 9th-grade Geometry at 98.04 percent, and 8th-grade Algebra I at 97.92 percent. Ninth-grade Biology (94.1 percent) and 10th-grade Chemistry (75.0 percent) exceed district averages, with Chemistry improving dramatically from 33.33 percent the prior year.
Performance varies, however, depending on when students take certain courses. Students taking Algebra I or Geometry in 10th grade score much lower than earlier-grade peers, with Algebra I proficiency at 52.94 percent, below district and state averages. Upper-level science results are uneven, with 11th-grade Earth Science at 35.71 percent and 11th-grade Biology at 50.0 percent. Chronic absenteeism is 14.0 percent, essentially matching the state average but higher than the district's 11.9 percent. With a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1 and a very large student body, Lake Braddock offers diverse course pathways but also shows internal achievement gaps. Overall, it remains one of Virginia's stronger public secondary schools with clear upward momentum.
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