average IQ at "big 3" schools

[Anonymous]

Indulge me, pls. if dcum is not for unsupportable, impossible-to-verify wonderings like this, then what is ...

Reading a recent thread on the Fairfax AAP program vs MoCo HGC program got me wondering. It seems most kids in those programs (at least, the ones with parents responding on dcum) have IQs of 135 and above. Those parents were blase about it, but those are really high scores for an ENTIRE class of kids. At my kids' private (a great k-8 school), I'd say there is a mix of abilities - plenty of really smart, a few off the charts smart, and plenty "regular" (whatever that means).

So what do you think is a typical IQ of kids in big 3 schools? I mean true IQs, not what their preK entrance test scores were (because my own kids were tested as having 99% IQs on the wippsi in pre-K, and neither fleshed out at that at the ages of 8 and 11, which are more reliable ages for wisc testing).

[Anonymous]

115

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter as much as executive functioning, social skills and athleticism. IQ will in general not be nearly as high as in MoCo Magnets but the kids are more well-rounded, more poise, etc. probably 130 on average, some lower, some higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter as much as executive functioning, social skills and athleticism. IQ will in general not be nearly as high as in MoCo Magnets but the kids are more well-rounded, more poise, etc. probably 130 on average, some lower, some higher.

No, not this again. These kids cannot compete with magnet kids. Let it rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter as much as executive functioning, social skills and athleticism. IQ will in general not be nearly as high as in MoCo Magnets but the kids are more well-rounded, more poise, etc. probably 130 on average, some lower, some higher.

No way is the avg 130.

[Anonymous]

Seriously OP? Find if you want to send your kids to public but don't take over the private school forum with your nonsense. No one cares.

[Anonymous]

Is IQ testing even done much at all, other than as a diagnostic for folks with learning challenges, as part of a bigger assessment?

[Anonymous]

Other than the WIPPSI, my kids have never been tested. I have no idea.

[Anonymous]

It ranges from 112.6-123.1 depending on the year & the Big 3 school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter as much as executive functioning, social skills and athleticism. IQ will in general not be nearly as high as in MoCo Magnets but the kids are more well-rounded, more poise, etc. probably 130 on average, some lower, some higher.

No way is the avg 130.

Probably not. Having had kids at two different big 3 schools and one at BCC/Whitman/Churchill, not sure average IQ is useful. I think more meaningful would be the range of IQ. I think the range of IQ from the big 3 is much tighter and homogeneous, with a higher bottom and the same top end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter as much as executive functioning, social skills and athleticism. IQ will in general not be nearly as high as in MoCo Magnets but the kids are more well-rounded, more poise, etc. probably 130 on average, some lower, some higher.

No way is the avg 130.

Probably not. Having had kids at two different big 3 schools and one at BCC/Whitman/Churchill, not sure average IQ is useful. I think more meaningful would be the range of IQ. I think the range of IQ from the big 3 is much tighter and homogeneous, with a higher bottom and the same top end.

I bet the range is 105-something really high, but that 85% of the kids are 110-135, with the average trending close to 115-120

[Anonymous]

Both my kids at Big 3 schools test in the 125-130 range. I'd say that they are above-average among their classmates for academic ability but not near the top of the range, fwiw. There are clearly some kids with super-high IQs in their peer group.

[Anonymous]

100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is IQ testing even done much at all, other than as a diagnostic for folks with learning challenges, as part of a bigger assessment?

I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

I have two daughters at Holton and they are bright, capable, engaged and happy - why would I care about an IQ score? Years ago when I tested for G&T in the 70's I recall my IQ was 137, which the public school needed to know in order to decide who got into the program. I'm glad my girls don't know their IQ because I think it's largely useless at a certain level. Poise and academic engagement are more important IMO.