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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much for Yorktown being terrible.

It just means it has very few kids from low-income families.

The pp is referring to people on this board that constantly say Arlington's schools are "terrible." W-L and Wakefield are also strong schools, but yes they don't make it on these types of list because they have more socio-economic diversity.

WL is so good that lots of Yorktown kids choose to attend WL for the IB program. But WL will never make this list bc it’s a diverse school. Doesn’t matter bc we all know WL is the equal of Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

Surprising no other MCPS schools are on the list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much for Yorktown being terrible.

It just means it has very few kids from low-income families.

The pp is referring to people on this board that constantly say Arlington's schools are "terrible." W-L and Wakefield are also strong schools, but yes they don't make it on these types of list because they have more socio-economic diversity.

I don't think it's that Arlington schools are "terrible," necessarily. It's just that people grow tired of hearing "Oh, we live in Arlington because of the schools." They are fine. That's it. Nothing more nothing less IMO.

The best public elementary school in the entire state of Virginia is in Arlington. Yorktown and WL are more than “fine” per the national rankings. The schools aren’t all equal but there are some options in Arlington that are way more than “fine.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much for Yorktown being terrible.

It just means it has very few kids from low-income families.

The pp is referring to people on this board that constantly say Arlington's schools are "terrible." W-L and Wakefield are also strong schools, but yes they don't make it on these types of list because they have more socio-economic diversity.

WL is so good that lots of Yorktown kids choose to attend WL for the IB program. But WL will never make this list bc it’s a diverse school. Doesn’t matter bc we all know WL is the equal of Yorktown.

W-Lee/Liberty/etc blows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprising no other MCPS schools are on the list

Yes, why wouldn't other W schools or Blair be on the list? Is it really just percent of low-income students? Or would Blair not qualify as a "neighborhood" school because of the magnet program? Confused about the parameters of the selection process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

So 7 in FCPS, 6 in MCPS, 1 in APS and the FCCPS high school.

Impressive for FCPS since it also has the largest and strongest magnet in the region.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

So 7 in FCPS, 6 in MCPS, 1 in APS and the FCCPS high school.

Impressive for FCPS since it also has the largest and strongest magnet in the region.

And what are the corresponding enrollment #s for each district?

(And TJ also pulls from APS, LCPS, maybe FCCPS)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

So 7 in FCPS, 6 in MCPS, 1 in APS and the FCCPS high school.

Impressive for FCPS since it also has the largest and strongest magnet in the region.

And what are the corresponding enrollment #s for each district?

(And TJ also pulls from APS, LCPS, maybe FCCPS)

Fairfax has around 180,000 total enrollment verse around 27,000 for Arlington. It’s also a very highly segregated school district due to the housing policy and forms. So that right there explains pretty much all of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

So 7 in FCPS, 6 in MCPS, 1 in APS and the FCCPS high school.

Impressive for FCPS since it also has the largest and strongest magnet in the region.

And what are the corresponding enrollment #s for each district?

(And TJ also pulls from APS, LCPS, maybe FCCPS)

Fairfax has around 180,000 total enrollment verse around 27,000 for Arlington. It’s also a very highly segregated school district due to the housing policy and forms. So that right there explains pretty much all of it.

Yet it’s the folks in Arlington who need to let you know they live in “North Arlington” rather “South Arlington.” Go figure!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

So 7 in FCPS, 6 in MCPS, 1 in APS and the FCCPS high school.

Impressive for FCPS since it also has the largest and strongest magnet in the region.

And what are the corresponding enrollment #s for each district?

(And TJ also pulls from APS, LCPS, maybe FCCPS)

Fairfax has around 180,000 total enrollment verse around 27,000 for Arlington. It’s also a very highly segregated school district due to the housing policy and forms. So that right there explains pretty much all of it.

Yet it’s the folks in Arlington who need to let you know they live in “North Arlington” rather “South Arlington.” Go figure!

I’m not sure what you mean. Arlington is segregated too. Yorktown has the least affordable housing developments feeding into it. It’s ranked so high because the student population is so wealthy. Fairfax had the same situation with a bunch of its schools, only it’s even more pronounced. Both districts have the same demographic situation within their schools, Fairfax is just larger. It has 30ish high schools whereas Arlington has 3 neighborhood high schools.

[Anonymous]

It’s just interesting to see this because to have a Fairfax parent tell it there are no high schools in Arlington as good as the top 10 or 15 high schools in Fairfax and that is obviously not true. Yorktown can hang.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly

?

Poolesville is #1 in MD. So, how can Whitman be #1 on your list?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just out:

1. Whitman
2. McLean
3. Langley
4. Wooten
5. Churchill
6. Oakton
7. George Mason
8. Yorktown
9. Marshall
10. Walter Johnson
11. Woodson
12. B-CC
13. Richard Montgomery
14. Madison
15. Chantilly[/quote]
?

Poolesville is #1 in MD. So, how can Whitman be #1 on your list?[/quote]

Not OP, but looks like they tried to exclude schools with magnet programs from their list, but in that case they should have left off Richard Montgomery as well (it’s not in this top 15 without the IB magnet program).

[Anonymous]

Lots of defensive arlingtonians in this thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much for Yorktown being terrible.

It just means it has very few kids from low-income families.

The pp is referring to people on this board that constantly say Arlington's schools are "terrible." W-L and Wakefield are also strong schools, but yes they don't make it on these types of list because they have more socio-economic diversity.

I don't think it's that Arlington schools are "terrible," necessarily. It's just that people grow tired of hearing "Oh, we live in Arlington because of the schools." They are fine. That's it. Nothing more nothing less IMO.

We chose Arlington over Fairfax because of the schools. We liked the smaller class size and push-in/pull-out gifted approach (vs. segregation).

Def can appreciate living in Arlington over Fairfax. And Arlington isn't that great.

It's the least bad option in the DC area IMO.

Spot on!! It's nothing spectacular but the best of the local options.