George Mason High School (GMHS) is a comprehensive public high school serving the independent City of Falls Church. It is located in the unincorporated area of Idylwood, in Fairfax County, Virginia, adjacent to Falls Church City.
The school serves some 844 students in grades 8-12, making it one of the few 5-year high schools in the United States. The school is the sole high school of the Falls Church City Public Schools system.
The school was the first in Virginia to use the International Baccalaureate program.
The school ranks highly overall in Newsweek Magazine's list of the top public high schools in the United States, but it has fallen from the top tier in recent years: after reaching #6 in 2003, it is #45 as of May 2012.
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