Summary:
Zip code 22181 is served by three public schools within Fairfax County Public Schools — Oakton High, Madison High, and Flint Hill Elementary — covering grades PK-6 and 9-12, with no standalone middle school in the immediate area. All three schools are high performers within a district that ranks in the 70th percentile of Virginia districts, and the two high schools each enroll more than 2,000 students while Flint Hill is a smaller PK-6 elementary school.
Flint Hill Elementary is the clear standout at the elementary level, ranking #22 in Virginia (98th percentile) with 5 stars in each of the last three years. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 5.9% is less than half the state average, and it posted 100% proficiency in 6th-grade math. Among the high schools, Madison High ranks highest at #29 statewide (91st percentile), with a 98.3% graduation rate and just a 0.7% dropout rate. Oakton High remains strong at #41 (88th percentile) with a 96.8% graduation rate, but its 16.4% chronic absenteeism rate is well above both the district (11.9%) and state (14.8%) averages, and nearly double Madison's 9.6% rate.
Both high schools post near-universal 9th-grade SOL proficiency in Geometry, Algebra I, and Algebra II, but upperclassmen scores are weaker — 12th-grade reading at Oakton (69.57%) and Madison (66.67%) sits at or below the state average of 70.22%, and 11th-grade Earth Science is a similar soft spot. Madison's rise is the biggest storyline: it jumped from #97 in 2023-24 to #29 in 2025-26, while Oakton slipped from #32 to #41. Spending and class size don't align simply: Oakton spends the least per student ($9,680) yet has the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.6), while Madison spends the most ($11,258) with larger classrooms. The lack of a middle school in the zip code means students in grades 7-8 feed into schools outside 22181, which is worth noting for families planning the full K-12 pathway.
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