Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

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The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

Yep, we considering moving from our small pre-kids house in WL/22201 to get more space for our $ but decided we preferred our near-metro location and preferred W-L to Yorktown for our kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

Lyon Village is an anomaly, and people buy there in spite of the fact that it's zoned for W&L.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

Lyon Village is an anomaly, and people buy there in spite of the fact that it's zoned for W&L.

Lyon Village isn't the only 22201/W-L neighborhood -- also Lyon Park, Ashton Heights. Of course those (horrors!) go south to Jefferson for middle school. BTW, we've been very happy at Jefferson and specifically chose W-L over Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

But it's the only one that has a $1.6m median SFH price.
Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

Lyon Village is an anomaly, and people buy there in spite of the fact that it's zoned for W&L.

Lyon Village isn't the only 22201/W-L neighborhood -- also Lyon Park, Ashton Heights. Of course those (horrors!) go south to Jefferson for middle school. BTW, we've been very happy at Jefferson and specifically chose W-L over Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your affluent kid with educated parents will do equally well in both.

This. Except in the very worst of schools, kids who come from homes where the parents value education will do fine anywhere. There is no need to be at the very "best" or highest ranked school to get a good education.

+1

The $1.5-3 million+ neighborhoods in 22201 all go to W-L. Nobody does private.

Many do send to W-L but there are a solid amount at privates too. Holy Trinity, St. Patrick's, GDS, Burgundy, etc.

But is that to avoid W-L, or because they would have done private either way? For what they're paying for private, they probably could have afforded the increased mortgage to get into Yorktown if they really felt Yorktown was superior, so the fact that some people living there send their kids to private doesn't really tell us anything.

But it's the only one that has a $1.6m median SFH price.
Increased mortgage? My W-L neighborhood has a median of $1.6 million for a SFH. MEDIAN home price.

Yes. I definitely could have gotten a much bigger house and lot in the Yorktown district for what I paid in 22201/W-L zone. Some people pay for things other than solely schools--walkability, Metro, etc.

Lyon Village is an anomaly, and people buy there in spite of the fact that it's zoned for W&L.

Lyon Village isn't the only 22201/W-L neighborhood -- also Lyon Park, Ashton Heights. Of course those (horrors!) go south to Jefferson for middle school. BTW, we've been very happy at Jefferson and specifically chose W-L over Yorktown.

It's the only one with a $1.6M median SFH price though.

[Anonymous]

I think Ashton Heights is a gem of a neighborhood (I don't live there). Very pretty houses, charming, great location walkable to Metro, and great schools.

[Anonymous]

People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

W&l has the best IB scores in the WORLD. Yup and by a lot. What say you Yorktown fanatic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.

And people at Yorktown seem very fixated on Yorktown being "the best" with no data to back it up.

[Anonymous]

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

These differences everyone is going on about, meaningless to outsiders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.

And people at Yorktown seem very fixated on Yorktown being "the best" with no data to back it up.

Because the schools are all they have to draw buyers unlike the neighborhoods with location, location, location.