Why is Wotton HS district favorited by many asian family?

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent academics!

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness. Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT. https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/. They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight? Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact. Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).

Your data seems to be off, here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Sorry. You folks are easliy fooled, aren't you. Both are accurate. The poster just misread the data. These are two types of documents using very different calculations. Let's use everyone's favorite school (Blair) as an example).

Table B1a. Number of Advanced Placement Exams Taken by MCPS Students and Number and Percentage of Advanced Placement Exam Scores of 3 or Higher in 2018 and 2019 by High School and Race/Ethnicity
2018 86.9%
2019 87.1%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2019/191219%20HS%20Princ_2019_AP_IB_Exams.dh.pdf

% of Graduates Scoring 3 or Higher on AP Test or Scoring 4 or Higher on IB Test
2019–2020 52.5%
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf
2020-2021 56.5%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf

The difference is the first set of numbers is calculated by the number of exams taken divided by the number of exams 3 or more (passing). The second set of numbers is calculated most likely by student (unless you believe a HS dropped 30% in a single year?).

In other words, MCPS boosted the numbers in Table B1a by showing the number of exams taken and passed (regardless of the number of students taking AP's). As we all know, it's common that a single student takes more than one AP exam. However, when you look at how many students took AP exams versus not at all, that is the better indication of academic success at a High School. That's what the 50'ish% show.

Now, remove the magnet kids from Blair (taking multiple AP exams), and I think you'll get a better picture of the school's non-magnet academic environment overall.

Yes looking at my children's cohort (we aren't asian) I think maybe 8% of the test takers were magnet students so that had very little impact.

I noticed you said "8% of all test takers", not of all students. MCPS only reported tests taken, not how many students took exams (versus the kids that were suspended, dropped, didn't take AP exams, etc.) And now many tests did each "test taker" take? A magnet student taking 3 or more (which is common for Magnet students, some who take 5+), will heavily skew the percentages you'll see posted. Also 100% of the magnet students should be taking 3 or more exams (otherwise why would they be in the magnet program at all?). Remove the magnet numbers from Blair and you'll see the difference.

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And the same goes for boosting the SAT scores by only counting students that took the SAT. The % of students not taking the SAT should be included with the averages, or it should be an annotation with the number.

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Asian people are very clannish and most don’t assimilate well. It’s a word of mouth thing involving Wootton. Come to Wootton. Great school. Many Asian here.

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent academics!

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness. Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT. https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/. They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight? Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact. Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).

Your data seems to be off, here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Great stuff! Very helpful!

I remember a whole thread on this discussion where one poster did the math to show the impact of the magnet on blair's stats. It wasn't all that significant and even accounting for that was still 20+ above the other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asian people are very clannish and most don’t assimilate well. It’s a word of mouth thing involving Wootton. Come to Wootton. Great school. Many Asian here.

I'm skeptical and find this offensive.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Excellent academics!

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness. Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT. https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/. They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight? Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact. Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).

Your data seems to be off, here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Great stuff! Very helpful!

I remember a whole thread on this discussion where one poster did the math to show the impact of the magnet on blair's stats. It wasn't all that significant and even accounting for that was still 20+ above the other schools.

Do you have the link to the thread you're referencing? I'd like to read it. I looked at the Blair HS profile. Beside the magnet program, not sure what's good about a 8.8% dropout and 62.9% meeting UofMd entrance requirement?

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It's interesting since according to the school profiles, many kids aren't even taking the SAT according to MCPS?

Whitman listed 59.4% as having taken the SAT with an average of 1339. Poolesville 81% 1330, BCC 82.7% 1200, Churchill 57.6% 1291, WJ 74.8% 1234, RM 76.5% 1255, Wootton 66.6% 1315, Blair 72.8% 1202.

According to this data, Poolesville is doing great, Whitman, Wootton and Churchill are good, just not testing as much.

Anyone know how MCPS calculates these percentages?

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton wasn't renovated because it has the highest Asian population within MCPS.

If anyone doesn't believe this, then go ahead and explain why other (newer) schools have been renovated - I'm interested to hear your version of events!

Where do you come up with this?

Yet you didn't answer the question. Provide one good reason.

Overcrowded schools get revexed first.

Oh, really? Is that so? Then please explain this:

*** SCHOOLS BY AGE ***
"10 schools in the county underwent major expansion and revitalization projects this past year, including the complete remodel of Seneca Valley. Having built in 1974, Seneca Valley is four years younger than this school. Seneca Valley supported a total of 1,226 students in the 2019-2020 school year while Wootton currently supports 2,134 students. Walt Whitman also recently underwent a 75,000 sq. ft expansion. This added 18 new classrooms to the school and was completed by the beginning of the 2021 school year."
https://woottoncommonsense.com/11948/opinion/montgomery-county-forgets-about-wootton-no-plans-for-renovation-in-sight/

*** SCHOOLS BY CAPACITY ***
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/Boundary_Analysis/interim-report/01_Introduction.pdf

According to Figure 1.2, Poolsville. Magruder, Rockville, and Wootton are undercapacity, with Magruder and Rockville at lower capacity than either Poolsville or Wootton.

*** MAGRUDER HS ***
"The County Council maintained the completion date for Col. Zadok Magruder HS of August 2027."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P652102

*** POOLESVILLE HS ***
"Poolesville HS have a scheduled completion date of August 2024."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P652102

"Poolesville High School was built in 1953 and renovated in 1978."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P136521

"The project is estimated to cost about $60 million, according to school district documents. It will increase Poolesville High’s capacity from 1,170 students to about 1,500 students."
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/school-board-approves-preliminary-plans-for-burnt-mills-elementary-poolesville-high-projects/

Why would an undercapacity school need a renovation to increase seat capacity by 330 students?

*** ROCKVILLE HS ***
"Rockville HS, Built: 1968, Renovated: 2004"
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04230.pdf

"The Board approved a series of facilities contracts and budget items, including architectural appointments for Rockville High School"
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=109&type=all&startYear=&pageNumber=278&mode=

*** WOOTTON HS ***
"Broken toilets, leaky faucets, classrooms that are either too hot and stuffy, or freezing cold. Not to mention the decaying weight room and locker rooms in the basement of the school where only half the lights work and parts of the ceiling are missing. Portions of this school have not been touched since it was first built in 1970. That was over 50 years ago."
https://woottoncommonsense.com/11948/opinion/montgomery-county-forgets-about-wootton-no-plans-for-renovation-in-sight/

"Truth is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is." Winston Churchill (a MCPS school renovated in 2001)

Does anyone know when Wootton is getting renovated?

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Anonymous wrote:Asian people are very clannish and most don’t assimilate well. It’s a word of mouth thing involving Wootton. Come to Wootton. Great school. Many Asian here.

I'm skeptical and find this offensive.

I'm sure the poster that wrote it meant it to be offensive.

I'm also pretty sure they're part of another ethnic community that has its own biases. A little ironic, when you all start complaining about each other. Or at least, I have always found it so.

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here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!
Blair is an amazing school. Both of my kids went through and the one that wasn't in the magnet still managed to take a half-dozen manget classes on top of 12 APs.

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Oh, my asian American kid is going to Qunice Orchard. His strength is high GPA but not good in sport, and we did not choose to live in Wotton because I was worried of pressure cooker. I wonder how asian kid is doing in Quince Orchard HS? I hope I don't make a bad choice.

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here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Blair is an amazing school. Both of my kids went through and the one that wasn't in the magnet still managed to take a half-dozen manget classes on top of 12 APs.

I take it your kid wasn't part of the 8.8% Blair dropouts and was one of the 62.9% that met UofMd entrance requirements? That's great.

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton wasn't renovated because it has the highest Asian population within MCPS.

If anyone doesn't believe this, then go ahead and explain why other (newer) schools have been renovated - I'm interested to hear your version of events!

Where do you come up with this?

Yet you didn't answer the question. Provide one good reason.

Overcrowded schools get revexed first.

Oh, really? Is that so? Then please explain this:

*** SCHOOLS BY AGE ***
"10 schools in the county underwent major expansion and revitalization projects this past year, including the complete remodel of Seneca Valley. Having built in 1974, Seneca Valley is four years younger than this school. Seneca Valley supported a total of 1,226 students in the 2019-2020 school year while Wootton currently supports 2,134 students. Walt Whitman also recently underwent a 75,000 sq. ft expansion. This added 18 new classrooms to the school and was completed by the beginning of the 2021 school year."
https://woottoncommonsense.com/11948/opinion/montgomery-county-forgets-about-wootton-no-plans-for-renovation-in-sight/

*** SCHOOLS BY CAPACITY ***
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/Boundary_Analysis/interim-report/01_Introduction.pdf

According to Figure 1.2, Poolsville. Magruder, Rockville, and Wootton are undercapacity, with Magruder and Rockville at lower capacity than either Poolsville or Wootton.

*** MAGRUDER HS ***
"The County Council maintained the completion date for Col. Zadok Magruder HS of August 2027."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P652102

*** POOLESVILLE HS ***
"Poolesville HS have a scheduled completion date of August 2024."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P652102

"Poolesville High School was built in 1953 and renovated in 1978."
https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P136521

"The project is estimated to cost about $60 million, according to school district documents. It will increase Poolesville High’s capacity from 1,170 students to about 1,500 students."
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/school-board-approves-preliminary-plans-for-burnt-mills-elementary-poolesville-high-projects/

Why would an undercapacity school need a renovation to increase seat capacity by 330 students?

*** ROCKVILLE HS ***
"Rockville HS, Built: 1968, Renovated: 2004"
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04230.pdf

"The Board approved a series of facilities contracts and budget items, including architectural appointments for Rockville High School"
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=109&type=all&startYear=&pageNumber=278&mode=

*** WOOTTON HS ***
"Broken toilets, leaky faucets, classrooms that are either too hot and stuffy, or freezing cold. Not to mention the decaying weight room and locker rooms in the basement of the school where only half the lights work and parts of the ceiling are missing. Portions of this school have not been touched since it was first built in 1970. That was over 50 years ago."
https://woottoncommonsense.com/11948/opinion/montgomery-county-forgets-about-wootton-no-plans-for-renovation-in-sight/

"Truth is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is." Winston Churchill (a MCPS school renovated in 2001)

Does anyone know when Wootton is getting renovated?

It's scheduled to be completed by 2027.

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP23_Chapter4Wootton.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent academics!

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness. Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT. https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/. They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight? Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact. Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).

Your data seems to be off, here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Sorry. You folks are easliy fooled, aren't you. Both are accurate. The poster just misread the data. These are two types of documents using very different calculations. Let's use everyone's favorite school (Blair) as an example).

Table B1a. Number of Advanced Placement Exams Taken by MCPS Students and Number and Percentage of Advanced Placement Exam Scores of 3 or Higher in 2018 and 2019 by High School and Race/Ethnicity
2018 86.9%
2019 87.1%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2019/191219%20HS%20Princ_2019_AP_IB_Exams.dh.pdf

% of Graduates Scoring 3 or Higher on AP Test or Scoring 4 or Higher on IB Test
2019–2020 52.5%
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf
2020-2021 56.5%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf

The difference is the first set of numbers is calculated by the number of exams taken divided by the number of exams 3 or more (passing). The second set of numbers is calculated most likely by student (unless you believe a HS dropped 30% in a single year?).

In other words, MCPS boosted the numbers in Table B1a by showing the number of exams taken and passed (regardless of the number of students taking AP's). As we all know, it's common that a single student takes more than one AP exam. However, when you look at how many students took AP exams versus not at all, that is the better indication of academic success at a High School. That's what the 50'ish% show.

Now, remove the magnet kids from Blair (taking multiple AP exams), and I think you'll get a better picture of the school's non-magnet academic environment overall.

Yes looking at my children's cohort (we aren't asian) I think maybe 8% of the test takers were magnet students so that had very little impact.

I noticed you said "8% of all test takers", not of all students. MCPS only reported tests taken, not how many students took exams (versus the kids that were suspended, dropped, didn't take AP exams, etc.) And now many tests did each "test taker" take? A magnet student taking 3 or more (which is common for Magnet students, some who take 5+), will heavily skew the percentages you'll see posted. Also 100% of the magnet students should be taking 3 or more exams (otherwise why would they be in the magnet program at all?). Remove the magnet numbers from Blair and you'll see the difference.

I previously posted the # of students receiving a passing AP score at RM. It is in the same packet of reports. See upthread. 500 magnet students (at least 100 of those are in-bounds) and the number passing AP exams was in the 900s. So majority of the kids are living inside the boundaries of RM.

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent academics!

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness. Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT. https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/. They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight? Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact. Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).

Your data seems to be off, here's the summary and citation, but TLDR the largest common cohort to these schools had the following:

Blair 1326
Walter Johnson 1275
Wootton 1262
Churchill 1257

ttps://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2017/1771102HS%20Princ_SAT%20Partic_Perf%20Class%20of%202017.pdf

Thanks for clearing this up and providing a reliable citation!

Sorry. You folks are easliy fooled, aren't you. Both are accurate. The poster just misread the data. These are two types of documents using very different calculations. Let's use everyone's favorite school (Blair) as an example).

Table B1a. Number of Advanced Placement Exams Taken by MCPS Students and Number and Percentage of Advanced Placement Exam Scores of 3 or Higher in 2018 and 2019 by High School and Race/Ethnicity
2018 86.9%
2019 87.1%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2019/191219%20HS%20Princ_2019_AP_IB_Exams.dh.pdf

% of Graduates Scoring 3 or Higher on AP Test or Scoring 4 or Higher on IB Test
2019–2020 52.5%
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf
2020-2021 56.5%
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf

The difference is the first set of numbers is calculated by the number of exams taken divided by the number of exams 3 or more (passing). The second set of numbers is calculated most likely by student (unless you believe a HS dropped 30% in a single year?).

In other words, MCPS boosted the numbers in Table B1a by showing the number of exams taken and passed (regardless of the number of students taking AP's). As we all know, it's common that a single student takes more than one AP exam. However, when you look at how many students took AP exams versus not at all, that is the better indication of academic success at a High School. That's what the 50'ish% show.

Now, remove the magnet kids from Blair (taking multiple AP exams), and I think you'll get a better picture of the school's non-magnet academic environment overall.

Yes looking at my children's cohort (we aren't asian) I think maybe 8% of the test takers were magnet students so that had very little impact.

I noticed you said "8% of all test takers", not of all students. MCPS only reported tests taken, not how many students took exams (versus the kids that were suspended, dropped, didn't take AP exams, etc.) And now many tests did each "test taker" take? A magnet student taking 3 or more (which is common for Magnet students, some who take 5+), will heavily skew the percentages you'll see posted. Also 100% of the magnet students should be taking 3 or more exams (otherwise why would they be in the magnet program at all?). Remove the magnet numbers from Blair and you'll see the difference.

I previously posted the # of students receiving a passing AP score at RM. It is in the same packet of reports. See upthread. 500 magnet students (at least 100 of those are in-bounds) and the number passing AP exams was in the 900s. So majority of the kids are living inside the boundaries of RM.

If you're going to post RM data, please at least post accurate RM data.
"Richard Montgomery High School’s Magnet Program is an IB continuum model recognized for its excellence throughout the world. Each year the school accepts approximately 125 students from a pool of over 1,000 applicants countywide." (your figure of 500 is for Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and HS. Approximately 20% of the RM class is in Magnet.)
"For the May 2021 AP exams, Richard Montgomery administered 2,078 exams to 1,028 students."
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/2021-2022-rm-electronic.clubs--9.30.21.docx.pdf
"Number of Graduates: 629" "Number of Graduates Scoring 3+ on AP, 4+ on IB: 416"
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04201.pdf

This means about 1/3 (33%) of a RM graduating class doesn't even take an AP/IB exam at all (which is still better than Blair 44%, but worse than Churchill 22%, Poolesville 24%, Whitman 16%, WJ 29%, Wootton 22%).