Western Albemarle High School

As a grandparent and parent of two Western Albemarle alumni, I am still a big fan! Leadership starts at the top - the principal and athletic director/staff are fully present at all events. The extra-curricular events are well-supervised, planned, and attended. Students are engaged, with curious eye contact, good manners, and a healthy balance of wanting to have fun. If political struggles exist at 'the central office,' it is not adversely impacting superior programs for adolescent development. The achievement rates come as no surprise - everyone works to reach that goal. As a (now retired) real estate broker, I understand why families are drawn to this part of the district. Western remains the best school, in my opinion. Why? There is a vital commitment to students, parents, and the Western Albemarle Community. Watching the next generations emerge prepared for new and provincial life challenges gives me hope.

School is pretty sus, overrated as nether ngl overall louisa diffs 45-7

We moved to this area because we heard good things about the schools. We quickly found out it was not the school administration, but the parents that made the schools good. If not for parent involvement these schools would probably rank as the worst in the state. They do NOT care about your child’s well being. They are only out to make themselves look good. The only time they show any involvement in your child is when it comes down to their SOL scores. They are only about teaching to the SOL and nothing else. From K through HS they repetitively teach only to the SOL’s to make their ratings look good, everything else fails. I couldn’t believe the basic knowledge that my children have not been taught and I know as I have volunteered at the schools for many years and had to deal with assisting teachers teach the same things over an over. Our child was so under prepared for college, yet had over a 4.0 for his GPA. We had to hire tutors throughout his middle and high school to teach him the things the school was not. Then we had to fork out $7K to pay for a college prep company to help him write prepare for the SAT, and college application process. We reached out so many times to his counselor, the principal and his teachers for help and even letters of recommendations and never received responses back. This school has been a joke and I am so sorry we sent our kid here.

We moved to this area because of the school system. The building might not be new (many of the science labs have recently been renovated and there has been a good amount of renovation) but the quality of instruction, leadership, and the caliper of students are some of the best I've experienced all around the Commonwealth, including Fairfax.

Sadly, school is rated second to NOVA, however it performs well below comparable schools from other states based upon experience with other counties. Seems a little over inflated compared tonother areas. You decide.