At a Glance

The Heart of FCS

Below are some of our statistics, and they tell a little bit about what we are as an organization. But the real essence of who we are is found in the hearts of the teachers and staff and in the relationships they each have with the students at FCS. After all, the classroom, hallways and fields are where teaching, learning, coaching, training, mentoring and discipleship take place. Those investments of the lives of teachers and coaches into the lives of students are really the heart of Fredericksburg Christian… the stuff that impacts eternity!

Quality Academics:

• Strong college preparatory program
• 95% of FCS graduates attend college.
  
• AP Classes: English Literature and Composition; Calculus AB; U.S. History; Art-2D Design
  
• Dual Enrollment – Technical or Professional through local community or 4-year college; Specialized vocational with local vocational-technical school; DE Chemistry and DE English 12 offered at FCHS.
  
• 1616 – average SAT score (verbal, math and writing) of FCHS students in 2008 (state average score: 1522; national average score: 1511)
  
• 76th percentile – average FCS student Stanford Achievement Test scores (1st-11th grades)
  
• 260 – the number of computers in FCS classrooms, libraries and offices with state-of-the-art technology training at all levels
• Graduates have included National Merit Finalists; received appointments to the service academies; received multiple scholarships including, but not limited to, ROTC, President’s Scholarship, Regent’s Scholarship, McKelvey Foundation Scholarship.
• Some of the colleges and universities our alumni have chosen (among which some of our alumni have received full four-year scholarships) include:
  Abilene Christian University, Asbury College, Auburn College, Averett College, Azusa Pacific, Baptist Bible College, Baylor University, Bluefield College, Bob Jones University, Bridgewater College, Brown College, Bryan College, Calvary Chapel Bible College, Campbell University, Cedarville University, Charleston Southern University, Christopher Newport University, Chowan College, Coastal Carolina, College of William and Mary, Columbia, Covenant College, East Carolina University, Eastern College, Elon College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical, Florida Southern College, Florida State University, George Mason University, Gordon College, Greensboro College, Grove City College, Hampden-Sydney, Harding University, High Point University, Houghton College, Indiana Wesleyan University, James Madison University, King College, Lancaster Bible College, Lee University, Liberty University, Longwood University, Malone College, Medical College of Virginia, Messiah College, Northwestern University, Nyack College, Old Dominion University, Oral Roberts University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Penn State University, Philadelphia College of Bible, Radford University, Randolph Macon College, Roanoke College, Samford University, Seton Hall University, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Southern Georgia College, Sweet Briar College, Taylor University, Temple University, Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy, University of Arkansas, University of Delaware, University of Maine, University of Mary Washington, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Utah State University, Valley Forge Christian College, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Washington Bible College, West Virginia University, Wheaton College 

Quality School:

• Accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International
  
• Accredited member of the Virginia Council for Private Education
  
• 3 campuses
  
• 1,135 students, preschool through 12th grade, from 15 counties
  
• Teacher/Student ratio: 1:14
  
• 30 athletic teams, middle school through varsity
  
• 203 churches represented in our student body.
  
• Has been listed as one of Christianity Today’s 40 best Christian Workplaces
  
• Active Alumni Association
  
• Active Grandparents’ Association

Quality Staff:

• 30% currently hold Master's or other advanced degrees.
• 7 years – the average tenure of an FCS teacher
• 27 – the number of teachers with over 10 years of experience at FCS
• 13 – the average number of FCS years for FCS administrative staff – not including extensive experience elsewhere
• 68 churches represented in our faculty and staff

Quality Community and International Outreach:

• Over 7,000 volunteer hours of community service through ministries to homeless and needy families; mentally-challenged adults; 35 other community-wide events
  
• Mission trips with World Horizons Missions including trips to France, Haiti, Uruguay, Peru, Guatemala, Argentina and Africa
  
• National/International Aid – Samaritan’s Purse ministry; Angel Tree; African child sponsorships with each campus sponsoring a different child; distributing supplies, clothes, toys, books and food to Liberia
  
• FCS Student Art Work portraying the pain of September 11 chosen to be displayed in the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
  
• International Students have attended FCS from China, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Montenegro, Nigeria, Russia, Serbia, South America, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.