South County High School

South County is for Bay Lovers

by Marina Brito, Realtor®, Home by School Specialist

The South County Secondary School boundary is located on the southern part of Fairfax County, sharing its borders with Prince William County (on the other side of the Occoquan River), and with the State of Maryland (on the other side of the Occoquan Bay & the Potomac River).

The South County boundary is an ideal place to live for people who love bodies of water, especially bays and rivers. It covers a large, and mostly suburban area; and it ends in a peninsula, surrounded by Belmont Bay, Occoquan Bay, Pohick Bay, Gunston Cove; all of these part of the junction between the Occoquan and the Potomac rivers.

About the South County SS boundary

What’s great
Good Schools
Brand-new middle school coming soon
Easy access to major employment centers (Tysons, DC, Pentagon & Military Bases)
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a great way to reach the Metro, the Pentagon, and DC
The planned communities of Lorton Station and Laurel Crest offer modern amenities
Access to the Potomac River via the many bays, coves, and parks.

What you should know
Traffic along I-95 can be a challenge at times
Public transportation options are limited – there are only a few bus commuting routes available

Why move here
Good Schools
Ride the VRE/Metro to work
Bays, coves, parks, and rivers!

Schools in the South County High School Boundary

The South County boundary is the attendance area for highly-rated South County High School – home of the Stallions, the South County Middle School (opened in Sept 2012) and 4 feeder elementary schools.

South County Secondary School boundary & feeder schools (2012-2013)

Average of Standard of Learning (SOL) Scores (June 2012)

School	School Score	Fairfax County
South County high	92	89
South County Middle	92	89
Elementary Schools
Halley Elementary	86	89
Laurel Hill Elementary	86	89
Newington Forest Elementary	85	89
Silverbrook Elementary	90	89

Homes in the South County Secondary School Boundary

The South County Boundary offers an affordable variety of options for buying a home. Last school year (2012-2013), over 300 homes sold within this boundary, with prices ranging from $139K to $1.7 Million.

Within the South County boundary, there are almost an even amount of detached single family homes and townhomes available for sale; and a very modest amount of condos. Due to a relatively few homes with large lots, water access (and high prices!), the average home price for this boundary is higher than the average home price in Fairfax County.

SOLD Home prices (School year 2012-2013)

Home Type	Low	Average	High
Detached (181)	$274K	$678K	$1.7M
Townhome (119)	$139K	$339K	$499K
Condo (21)	$145K	$220K	$282K

See all the homes for sale within the South County High School boundary

Finding a home by school can be a challenge
If you have tried to find a home by school before, you have probably found that it’s a challenge to cross-reference homes for sale on a typical home search website with their assigned school.

Simply finding homes “near” the school won’t do
The issue with typical home search websites is that they only display homes by city or zip code. Some of them display homes “near” the school. Well, that won’t do you any good since school boundaries span cities, zip codes, and just being “near” the school doesn’t mean that the home belongs to that boundary.

You want a home INSIDE the South County secondary school boundary. Not just “near” it…
The good news is that we have put together the only interactive map where you can find homes for sale INSIDE the South County Secondary School boundary. Plus, you can also see points of interest such as shopping and hospitals. Click to search:

Find homes for sale
(inside the South County HS Boundary)
Click to launch the full-page interactive “Find a Home by School” app.