Maple Ln
Fairfax, VA 22031

Amazing elementary school. The teachers create a great environment where kids feel safe and challenged. Lots of activities and clear communications.

This school does a horrible job at supporting its students. So many of the students aren’t engaged in learning and fall behind.

I am currently an 8th grader at Luther Jackson. I think this school gets a really bad rep, but there are a lot of great kids who go here. The teachers here are TERRIBLE. I have had very few good teachers in my core subjects. Not saying there aren't good teachers, but a lot of them suck and don't actually care about students and their well being. However, I have still really enjoyed my time here. One of the best things I think you can do in middle school is make a lot of friends. Its really important to make positive connections with others, and there are a lot of great opportunities for that. School ends pretty early and there are many great (completely free!) after school opportunities which have greatly improved my middle school experience. I specifically love theatre here. Our current theatre teacher is absolutely amazing! At theatre, I feel comfortable and safe. Everyone is free to be silly and fun, but we still learn so much and our shows always turn out great. I don't know much about the councilors here, I had a really bad experience with councilors in elementary school, and since then I've never really trusted school councilors, even though I haven't actually met some of them yet. I take all AAP classes, so its definitely a different experience from someone in gen Ed. Most of the students in my classes are pretty nice, as to be expected from a middle school. I don't think our school handles the so called "problem children" very well and the school board does little to help the teachers who have to deal with annoying students. I feel like this school is pretty good, it won't hinder your education or anything like that. I do think that you have to really try to be social and you have to work hard in some classes (because some teachers don't understand the work "teach"), but overall, I've had a pretty good experience here.