Best NoVA pyramid for parents who want both quality instruction & racial/socioeconomic diversity?

[Anonymous]

Arlington doesn't really do "pyramids" - it's more by neighborhood - but if you could get into a neighborhood that fed into Jefferson and then Washington-Lee I think you'd do pretty well on the instruction/diversity balance.

[Anonymous]

PP here - just to clarify - I mean Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington - not the magnet school in Fairfax

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Although marshall is diverse it still is vastly white and asian, what you are looking for is a unicorn out didn't exist, they are polar opposites

I guess we're in Goldilocks territory where the soup has to be just right.

Marshall is 6% AA and 16.2% Hispanic, and there is economic diversity as well (some of the wealthiest parts of Vienna and Falls Church, middle-class area in Pimmit Hills, and lower-income apartments off Route 7 all feed into Marshall). It's not a cliquish place, and it's a fairly low-key environment compared to schools like Langley, McLean or Madison.

South Lakes is more diverse than Marshall. Test scores are a good bit lower, which reflects the socio-economic mix. South Lakes has a very good track record with college admissions. Many of the elementary schools that feed into South Lakes like Terraset are quite diverse. Someone mentioned Sunrise Valley ES, but that's probably one of South Lakes' least diverse feeders.

[Anonymous]

So basically you want to go to a school where poor students attend but you don't want to live where poor people live. Is that about right?

[Anonymous]

a diversity school does not make a diversify experience - our school is 59% white but my minority kids hang out with minority kids mostly, and affluent whites play with affluent whites and some go out of their way to exclude my kids. so find that school with a good mix but the rest is on you as a parent to achieve what you what to achieve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a diversity school does not make a diversify experience - our school is 59% white but my minority kids hang out with minority kids mostly, and affluent whites play with affluent whites and some go out of their way to exclude my kids. so find that school with a good mix but the rest is on you as a parent to achieve what you what to achieve.

May be that, from the perspective of the affluent whites, your kids and their friends go out of their way to exclude them. Someone has to take the first step.

[Anonymous]

As I have said, I see more economic segregation. My DD's friends are very diverse, but all of us are apple middle class professionals

[Anonymous]

As I have said, I see more economic segregation. My DD's friends are very diverse, but all of us are apple middle class professionals

[Anonymous]

Our babysitter went to Edison HS in Springfield. She had a very diverse group of friends. The racial diversity was striking but the socioeconomic diversity was more balanced. Seemed like a great school. Don't know about the numbers tho.

[Anonymous]

NP here -- we are seeking a FCPS high school with racial/socioeconomic diversity that is an AP school. Our base high school is an IB school so we'll be pupil placing out. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here -- we are seeking a FCPS high school with racial/socioeconomic diversity that is an AP school. Our base high school is an IB school so we'll be pupil placing out. Any suggestions?

Lake Braddock, maybe Hayfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here -- we are seeking a FCPS high school with racial/socioeconomic diversity that is an AP school. Our base high school is an IB school so we'll be pupil placing out. Any suggestions?

Lake Braddock, maybe Hayfield.

Thank you! We'll check both of those out.

[Anonymous]

West Potomac fits your criteria as well, AP, socioeconomically diverse, racially diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a diversity school does not make a diversify experience - our school is 59% white but my minority kids hang out with minority kids mostly, and affluent whites play with affluent whites and some go out of their way to exclude my kids. so find that school with a good mix but the rest is on you as a parent to achieve what you what to achieve.

May be that, from the perspective of the affluent whites, your kids and their friends go out of their way to exclude them. Someone has to take the first step.

"stop following us"

[Anonymous]

Not OP, but anyone know about the diversity in the pyramid that includes Eagle View Elementary?