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Moving to the DC area? Compare schools across the whole metro.

Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, Washington DC, and the West Virginia panhandle — one map, one rating method.

One metro, four jurisdictions

The DC area is one job market spread across four jurisdictions. Most school-rating sites stop at the state line, so a family weighing Arlington against Bethesda against Loudoun against the West Virginia panhandle has to stitch four sites together. This map shows the entire commuter shed at once — the same methodology everywhere — so you can compare neighborhoods on equal footing.

Washington, DC

The core — Capitol Hill to upper Northwest.

Northern Virginia

Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and the close-in VA suburbs.

Suburban Maryland

Montgomery County and the Maryland suburbs north of the city.

WV Eastern Panhandle

The commuter-shed edge — Jefferson and Berkeley counties.

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