Lake Braddock Secondary School
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Lake Braddock Secondary School
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9200 Burke Lake Road Burke, Virginia 22015 |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′09″N 77°15′53″W / 38.8026°N 77.2646°WCoordinates: 38°48′09″N 77°15′53″W / 38.8026°N 77.2646°W |
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| School type | Public, secondary school |
| Founded | 1973 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Dave Thomas |
| Staff | approximately 400 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 4,858 as of 2013-2014 school year |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Purple and gold ██ |
| Mascot | Bruin |
| Feeder schools | Cherry Run Elementary School Keene Mill Elementary School Kings Glen Elementary School Little Run Elementary School Orange Hunt Elementary School Ravensworth Elementary School Sangster Elementary School White Oaks Elementary School |
| Rival schools |
Robinson Secondary School West Springfield High School South County High School |
| Athletic conferences |
Patriot District Northern Region |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/LakeBraddockSS |
Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), is one of three 7-12 secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other two are Hayfield SS and Robinson SS . Lake Braddock opened in 1973. Its mascot is the Bruin, and the school colors are purple and gold.
When opened in 1973, adjacent to the namesake reservoir, Lake Braddock drew its students from nearby Robinson Secondary School to the west and West Springfield High School to the south. At first, Lake Braddock was built without walls in most of its educational areas, as it was believed by the administrators of the era that students would learn better in an open environment. When school officials realized a school without walls was distracting to teenage students, temporary walls were installed around many classrooms in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This resulted in significant climate control problems throughout the building, most of which were left unfixed until the school was renovated.
Besides the "open classroom" approach, Lake Braddock, when it opened, also employed the "Forecast Five" approach, which was a "school within a school", or teams, of 150 students assigned to 5 teachers (math, English, science, social studies, special ed), and, on field trips all 150 would go. These teams later received names and their own team color.
Lake Braddock Secondary School is a fully accredited secondary school based on Standardized Testing in Virginia. The average SAT score of a 12th grade test taker in the 2012-2013 school year at LBSS was 1674.
The following table shows the passing rates of all Lake Braddock students in their respective years and academic subjects, as determined by the Virginia Department of Education, or VDOE.
For the 2012-13 school year, Lake Braddock's student body was 54.04% White, 19.24% Asian, 16.54% Hispanic, 5.93% African, and the remaining 4.25% was composed of other races.
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