TKPK public schools vs. AUP/Tenleytown/Friendship Heights public schools

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Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

I believe what PP means is that the Blair magnet takes some of the county's brightest students whereas the rest of Blair just takes whomever. So the school is really a school within a school. The magnet is a 10. Genpop is a 3. Weighted average is a 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

I believe what PP means is that the Blair magnet takes some of the county's brightest students whereas the rest of Blair just takes whomever. So the school is really a school within a school. The magnet is a 10. Genpop is a 3. Weighted average is a 4.

I mean, every public high school "just takes whomever." You seem to be throwing around scores like you know something, but no site breaks out magnet vs. non-magnet test scores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

... have you missed all the explanations about why GreatSchools doesn't actually tell you how good schools are in general, and why it's especially unhelpful for Blair in particular?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

True, I remember reading the post that showed Blair's SAT average was 50 points higher for the largest common cohort to it and any W. Some people argued but the magnet which was ridiculous because it's a small program in a large school that's also mostly Asian. It goes to show that Blair envy is a real thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

True, I remember reading the post that showed Blair's SAT average was 50 points higher for the largest common cohort to it and any W. Some people argued but the magnet which was ridiculous because it's a small program in a large school that's also mostly Asian. It goes to show that Blair envy is a real thing.

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

I believe what PP means is that the Blair magnet takes some of the county's brightest students whereas the rest of Blair just takes whomever. So the school is really a school within a school. The magnet is a 10. Genpop is a 3. Weighted average is a 4.

I mean, every public high school "just takes whomever." You seem to be throwing around scores like you know something, but no site breaks out magnet vs. non-magnet test scores.

Right. But some MCPS schools that take everyone are 8s and 9s and Blair, even with the magnet scores propping them up, is still a 4. How do you explain this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

True, I remember reading the post that showed Blair's SAT average was 50 points higher for the largest common cohort to it and any W. Some people argued but the magnet which was ridiculous because it's a small program in a large school that's also mostly Asian. It goes to show that Blair envy is a real thing.

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Not really news. It is hands down the best high school in the county for anyone interested in academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

... have you missed all the explanations about why GreatSchools doesn't actually tell you how good schools are in general, and why it's especially unhelpful for Blair in particular?

Unfortunately Greatschools went woke a year or two ago, so it's not even that reliable a source anymore. They use nonsense factors like equity and diversity now which are odd ways to measure academic success. Hopefully a competitor will emerge that normal people can use to judge a school's fit for their family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

... have you missed all the explanations about why GreatSchools doesn't actually tell you how good schools are in general, and why it's especially unhelpful for Blair in particular?

Unfortunately Greatschools went woke a year or two ago, so it's not even that reliable a source anymore. They use nonsense factors like equity and diversity now which are odd ways to measure academic success. Hopefully a competitor will emerge that normal people can use to judge a school's fit for their family.

If by woke, you mean uses a new algorithm that assigns lower scores to diverse schools then sure. Their current methodology favors homogenous schools. This isn't a surprise since their primary income is the real estate industry and nothing quite boosts home values like inciting fear about good and bad schools.

[Anonymous]

How about niche.com? Any thoughts on that one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

True, I remember reading the post that showed Blair's SAT average was 50 points higher for the largest common cohort to it and any W. Some people argued but the magnet which was ridiculous because it's a small program in a large school that's also mostly Asian. It goes to show that Blair envy is a real thing.

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Not really news. It is hands down the best high school in the county for anyone interested in academics.

That's great. I'm not sure what the point is though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

... have you missed all the explanations about why GreatSchools doesn't actually tell you how good schools are in general, and why it's especially unhelpful for Blair in particular?

Unfortunately Greatschools went woke a year or two ago, so it's not even that reliable a source anymore. They use nonsense factors like equity and diversity now which are odd ways to measure academic success. Hopefully a competitor will emerge that normal people can use to judge a school's fit for their family.

If by woke, you mean uses a new algorithm that assigns lower scores to diverse schools then sure. Their current methodology favors homogenous schools. This isn't a surprise since their primary income is the real estate industry and nothing quite boosts home values like inciting fear about good and bad schools.

Did Blair's Greatschools score fall? I know a lot of MCPS schools did, including some W schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

True, I remember reading the post that showed Blair's SAT average was 50 points higher for the largest common cohort to it and any W. Some people argued but the magnet which was ridiculous because it's a small program in a large school that's also mostly Asian. It goes to show that Blair envy is a real thing.

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

I hadn't seen this before, but that's awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That area is part of a consortium giving people some choice in HS...though Blair is often considered the strongest option.

You mean the 4/10 high school is the strongest?

Yes, Blair also has 10X the National Merit Finalists, Regeneron Scholarships than the other HS. It's head and shoulders over those other schools.

That is the magnet.

It has some impact but less than you'd think.

I believe what PP means is that the Blair magnet takes some of the county's brightest students whereas the rest of Blair just takes whomever. So the school is really a school within a school. The magnet is a 10. Genpop is a 3. Weighted average is a 4.

I mean, every public high school "just takes whomever." You seem to be throwing around scores like you know something, but no site breaks out magnet vs. non-magnet test scores.

False. A breakout of the magnet has been published up until at least 2018.
https://mbhs.edu/departments/counseling/MagnetProfile.pdf

It’s 100 kids per class, so 400 kids total which is 12.5% of the student population.

In 2018 these kids had a average ACT of 35 and an average SAT of 1531.

These kids are elite.