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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

Not everyone wants to live in Arlington you realize? Your arrogance is quite stunning

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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

Not everyone wants to live in Arlington you realize? Your arrogance is quite stunning

Of course not. Fairfax is great. But a lot of people want to live closer in. If you can afford certain parts of Arlington, you’ll get schools on par with parts of Fairfax. For people trying to thread that needle, you’ll need to afford specific parts of Arlington. That’s all.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of defensive arlingtonians in this thread

Guilty as charged!

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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

What are you going on about? Arlington isn’t the nicest suburb in the DC area nor does it have the top schools. It’s fine but not exactly deserving of any superlatives.

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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.

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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

What are you going on about? Arlington isn’t the nicest suburb in the DC area nor does it have the top schools. It’s fine but not exactly deserving of any superlatives.

Ok. It’s the least bad option.

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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

What are you going on about? Arlington isn’t the nicest suburb in the DC area nor does it have the top schools. It’s fine but not exactly deserving of any superlatives.

None of the DC suburbs are nice. But where do you like best?

[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

That's awesome! Did they do one for the U.S.?

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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.

Agreed. It’s not the the best in the world, but it’s the best of what we have to choose from. You don’t need to decamp to Fairfax if you have the budget for Arlington.

What are you going on about? Arlington isn’t the nicest suburb in the DC area nor does it have the top schools. It’s fine but not exactly deserving of any superlatives.

Ok. It’s the least bad option.

Right thats all anyone is saying. Anyone who loves the DMV hasn’t lived elsewhere. Like literally anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

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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

That's awesome! Did they do one for the U.S.?

They did.

Only in Florida would the politicians brave about being ranked the number one state for education 7 years in a row!

And - A breakdown by state of the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings shows that Massachusetts is once again the leading performer. This state-by-state performance comparison is solely based on which states have the largest proportion of their high schools in the top 25% of the 2023-2024 Best High Schools rankings.

Rankings https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/how-states-compare

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I don’t see Wilson/JR? Isn’t it the beer DC HS?

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whiteman wins again

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

The formula that they use also dings IB programs over AP since IB is less common (2 year IB classes count as 1 which lowers 'college readiness').

[Anonymous]

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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.

The formula that they use also dings IB programs over AP since IB is less common (2 year IB classes count as 1 which lowers 'college readiness').

I didn’t know that. Thanks for the actually useful information! This is why I come to DCUM.

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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.

The formula that they use also dings IB programs over AP since IB is less common (2 year IB classes count as 1 which lowers 'college readiness').

This is false. The college readiness component is just based on having taken and passed at least 1 AP or IB course. Doesn’t matter whether the course has a 1 or 2-year sequence.