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[quote=Anonymous]Alexandria is basically seggregated. It has 800 public housing units in north old town. It has a lot of low income apartments in the north end and some on the very west end that cater towards el salvadorean immigrants. In the middle is where the rich white families live (George Mason & MacArthur). So not surprisingly the test scores at George Mason & MaArthur are terrific while those at Houston, Kelly, Maury, etc. are terrible. When it comes time to merge elementary students into Middle schools, white flight takes hold and affluent families flee to the many private middle and high schools in the area. The high schools (they have a 9th grade H.S. and a 10-12 H.S.) is a mix of middle class students (of all races), really poor el salvadorean immigrants, and really poor black children living in public housing. The end result is those middle class students end up doing pretty good and are pretty much separated from the rest. The other 2/3's is kind of like a remedial school with lots of problems. Arlington is similar except it does not have many public housing units and twice the number of El Salvadorean immigrants living south of Rt. 50. The schools in south Arlington have significant populations of ESL students and they devote a lot of resources trying get them up to speed. The middle class families in South Arlington aggressively try to get into magnet programs or opt for private school. The north side of Arlington is pretty affluent and those schools score through the roof. The middle portion Arlington (i.e. just south of Wilson Blvd., towards Ballston) is much more of a mix. So the test scores for Yorktown are extremely high (among the highest in the country), Washington Lee (high but nowhere near the best schools in the area), and Wakefield is very low. But each schools caters to a widely different demographic and are pretty successful with what they are dealt. [/quote]
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