Lower rated schools in Falls Church and Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield has been one of the lowest performing high schools in NoVa for decades. Mount Vernon and some of the schools in Manassas and Woodbridge are the only ones that are worse.

That's a very lazy opinion. Anyone who actually lives in Arlington knows that Wakefield is a very good high school. It does have a large population of immigrants and lower S ES students. The population of middle-class children is growing and will continue to grow. The farms population is only 10% higher than WL. As more middle-class young families move in, Wakefield will begin to look more like a WL in about 10 to 15 years. Some think sooner. I'm fine either way, as my child excels anywhere.
We prioritize our time together as a family. That's the very best choice we can make for our kids. It's a shame when people let fear get in the way of family.

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield has been one of the lowest performing high schools in NoVa for decades. Mount Vernon and some of the schools in Manassas and Woodbridge are the only ones that are worse.

That's a very lazy opinion. Anyone who actually lives in Arlington knows that Wakefield is a very good high school. It does have a large population of immigrants and lower S ES students. The population of middle-class children is growing and will continue to grow. The farms population is only 10% higher than WL. As more middle-class young families move in, Wakefield will begin to look more like a WL in about 10 to 15 years. Some think sooner. I'm fine either way, as my child excels anywhere.
We prioritize our time together as a family. That's the very best choice we can make for our kids. It's a shame when people let fear get in the way of family.

FARMs population at Wakefield is actually on the lower end for Northern Virginia high schools. It hovers between 35%-40% FARMs. Wakefield is not majority low income as others have speculated on this forum. But unless boundariesl change dramatically, Wakeifled will still have fewer single family homes in its boundaries than either Yorktown or W-L, so it will likely still be different demographically from the other Arlington high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield has been one of the lowest performing high schools in NoVa for decades. Mount Vernon and some of the schools in Manassas and Woodbridge are the only ones that are worse.

That's a very lazy opinion. Anyone who actually lives in Arlington knows that Wakefield is a very good high school. It does have a large population of immigrants and lower S ES students. The population of middle-class children is growing and will continue to grow. The farms population is only 10% higher than WL. As more middle-class young families move in, Wakefield will begin to look more like a WL in about 10 to 15 years. Some think sooner. I'm fine either way, as my child excels anywhere.
We prioritize our time together as a family. That's the very best choice we can make for our kids. It's a shame when people let fear get in the way of family.

FARMs population at Wakefield is actually on the lower end for Northern Virginia high schools. It hovers between 35%-40% FARMs. Wakefield is not majority low income as others have speculated on this forum. But unless boundariesl change dramatically, Wakeifled will still have fewer single family homes in its boundaries than either Yorktown or W-L, so it will likely still be different demographically from the other Arlington high schools.

Huh. I thought it was closer to 45 but either way you are correct . The school has a good vibe though,and I really feel comfortable when I'm there.The kids are pretty low-key and it's not the same kind of posturing and hooligan antics that you see at schools like Wilson. Arlington has a lot to offer.

[Anonymous]

You can gamble with your children but stick with great schools of 9 and higher or your child may be shortchanged

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can gamble with your children but stick with great schools of 9 and higher or your child may be shortchanged

give it a rest

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield has been one of the lowest performing high schools in NoVa for decades. Mount Vernon and some of the schools in Manassas and Woodbridge are the only ones that are worse.

That's a very lazy opinion. Anyone who actually lives in Arlington knows that Wakefield is a very good high school. It does have a large population of immigrants and lower S ES students. The population of middle-class children is growing and will continue to grow. The farms population is only 10% higher than WL. As more middle-class young families move in, Wakefield will begin to look more like a WL in about 10 to 15 years. Some think sooner. I'm fine either way, as my child excels anywhere.
We prioritize our time together as a family. That's the very best choice we can make for our kids. It's a shame when people let fear get in the way of family.

FARMs population at Wakefield is actually on the lower end for Northern Virginia high schools. It hovers between 35%-40% FARMs. Wakefield is not majority low income as others have speculated on this forum. But unless boundariesl change dramatically, Wakeifled will still have fewer single family homes in its boundaries than either Yorktown or W-L, so it will likely still be different demographically from the other Arlington high schools.

Wakefield is 46% FARMS and underperforms compared to other area schools with similar poverty rates. The SAT scores for white students are in the bottom five for APS/FCPS/FCCPS/ACPS, and the scores for Asians, blacks and Hispanics are in the bottom three.

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Anonymous wrote:Op,
This area is full of middle class, well educated, young parents, that are happily sending their kids to low rated schools. Their children are having positive experiences at school and then going on to good colleges.
They aren't afraid of children that look different than their own, and they aren't afraid of poverty. They know what happens at home is the number one factor for a child's success.
If you are insecure about any of those factors, move further out.

This is bs

Yeah, according to DCUM my $330K HHI makes us upper class

Kids have been fine in south Arlington elem and middle schools, I'm sure they will do fine at Wakefield and much better odds of acceptance for UVA and W&M

The last time Arlington Magazine published the college admissions data for the Arlington high schools, the Wakefield admissions to top schools were less than impressive. And looking at the standardized test scores, not even the white or Asian kids at Wakefield do very well.

Links/facts Please.

Stop encouraging this stupid racist troll. Of course a school where half of the kids are on free and reduced lunch and dont speak English at home is going to send fewer kids to the Ivy League than a school where less than 15% of the kids are on free lunch and 65% are white. It doesn't mean the school is terrible, it most likely means there are more students there whose parents probably didn't go to college. But I love it when rich white people lord it over the poor brown people and point out over and over that they are so inferior, and also that anyone who goes to school with them is inferior too. Just put on your "Make America Great Again" hat and STFU.

Excuse me but asians love high performing schools such as TJ, McLean and Langley. Sorry that doesn't fit your narrative. Oh and TJ has lots of Asians who are brown (Indians) you ignorant racist POS.

Hey, I wasn't the one who called south Arlington a "third world ghetto." I live here and send my kids to school here. I'm just calling bullshit on the people who think they can hide their racism behind a GreatSchools score, when we all know its just a whiteness score.

There's a weird sort of reverse racism at work, where those who choose to live in areas with bad schools (often whites) then equate better schools with "whiteness" and cry racism.

it's called liberal white guilt.... this site is full of it and none of them make any sense.

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And nobody is more racist against Latinos than Asians. They are some of the worst offenders.

Please explain.

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And nobody is more racist against Latinos than Asians. They are some of the worst offenders.

Please explain.

My Korean friends will not send their kids to school with Latinos. That is because they are racist. Not complicated.

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Anonymous wrote:You can gamble with your children but stick with great schools of 9 and higher or your child may be shortchanged

give it a rest

They've got to justify their commutes. Everyone lies about their travel times on this board. Their "9" schools don't make up for the lack of face time with their children, and the added stress on the family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can gamble with your children but stick with great schools of 9 and higher or your child may be shortchanged

give it a rest

They've got to justify their commutes. Everyone lies about their travel times on this board. Their "9" schools don't make up for the lack of face time with their children, and the added stress on the family.

Perhaps, but not as often as the people who lie about the number of middle-class families supposedly are moving into their crappy school districts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can gamble with your children but stick with great schools of 9 and higher or your child may be shortchanged

give it a rest

They've got to justify their commutes. Everyone lies about their travel times on this board. Their "9" schools don't make up for the lack of face time with their children, and the added stress on the family.

Perhaps, but not as often as the people who lie about the number of middle-class families supposedly are moving into their crappy school districts.

See... There are actual facts and figure to support both how much time people are spending on their cars, and how many ( so many! ) middle class families are buying into these "terrible" school districts. So... Yeah....
The commutes get worse and worse...
And my neighborhood gets better and better...

[Anonymous]

For parents with kids at Kenmore and Wakefield, what bad decisions did you make in your lives that has resulted in your children now receiving a substandard education and being on their way to a life of poverty like you, their parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For parents with kids at Kenmore and Wakefield, what bad decisions did you make in your lives that has resulted in your children now receiving a substandard education and being on their way to a life of poverty like you, their parents?

Priced huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For parents with kids at Kenmore and Wakefield, what bad decisions did you make in your lives that has resulted in your children now receiving a substandard education and being on their way to a life of poverty like you, their parents?

I do kind of regret picking Williams over MIT back in 1991....I could have ridden that 90's internet wave to a lot more money. Oh well. You're right, I guess I am living in comparative poverty, Arlington is only the fifth wealthiest county in the country and my household income is only three times the average for the DC area and my kids are only getting the most expensive per-pupil education in the state. You're right, I'm the worst parent ever and I have made terrible, terrible decisions.