Yorktown VS Washington liberty non-IB

[Anonymous]

My 8th grader says AP World history is an option next year at W&L, or so they have been told.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same ranking as previous post, but including DC and MD


name city state public %asian acceptances seniors %accepted 0 THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 59.560440 136 423.0 6.43 1 RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 25.182149 38 482.0 1.58 2 MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL SILVER SPRING MD True 15.663900 46 619.0 1.49 3 WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 12.197687 26 441.0 1.18 4 WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL POTOMAC MD True 23.184777 23 454.0 1.01 5 CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.294317 13 284.0 0.92 6 SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC True 6.271186 5 137.0 0.73 7 THOMAS S. WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 35.508900 19 554.0 0.69 8 WALTER JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 12.245800 15 543.0 0.55 9 POOLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL POOLESVILLE MD True 25.795918 8 299.0 0.54 10 RIVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL CLARKSVILLE MD True 25.877863 9 340.0 0.53 11 WILSON HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC True 6.879195 10 383.0 0.52 12 CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ELLICOTT CITY MD True 34.878745 8 335.0 0.48 13 ATHOLTON HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 18.013699 9 381.0 0.47 14 JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSBURG VA True 2.589490 7 299.0 0.47 15 BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 5.566700 11 477.0 0.46 16 BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BLACKSBURG VA True 6.445993 6 262.0 0.46 17 MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 20.608108 11 486.0 0.45 18 OAKLAND MILLS HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 6.912442 5 249.0 0.40 19 MADISON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 12.295082 9 478.0 0.38 20 LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 21.272366 9 509.0 0.35 21 HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 9.380098 5 288.0 0.35 22 URBANA HIGH SCHOOL IJAMSVILLE MD True 10.873664 6 361.0 0.33 23 RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL RADFORD VA True 1.632653 2 123.0 0.33 24 BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BALTIMORE MD True 3.946488 5 328.0 0.30 25 WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD VA True 15.140845 9 620.0 0.29 26 WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 10.022173 7 496.0 0.28 27 HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL ELLICOTT CITY MD True 11.490330 6 435.0 0.28 28 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL GREENBELT MD True 9.345048 8 584.0 0.27 29 PRINCESS ANNE HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 8.066298 6 443.0 0.27 30 DULANEY HIGH SCHOOL TIMONIUM MD True 13.921242 6 454.0 0.26 31 SEVERNA PARK HIGH SCHOOL SEVERNA PARK MD True 3.151709 6 465.0 0.26 32 SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL HARWOOD MD True 0.840336 3 235.0 0.26 33 WESTERN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & ENV. SCIENCE BALTIMORE MD True 10.583153 3 227.0 0.26 34 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 2.543143 3 237.0 0.25 35 ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL ABERDEEN MD True 4.570637 4 328.0 0.24 36 CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTIANSBURG VA True 1.009174 3 247.0 0.24 37 SOUTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HAGERSTOWN MD True 2.290679 3 250.0 0.24 38 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 14.365411 4 344.0 0.23 39 GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL FALLS CHURCH VA True 9.283820 2 173.0 0.23 40 OAKTON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 24.013871 6 552.0 0.22 41 NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL GERMANTOWN MD True 17.725118 5 455.0 0.22 42 LOUDOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 6.822742 4 368.0 0.22 43 PARKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SALISBURY MD True 4.757630 3 267.0 0.22 44 ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.142857 5 479.0 0.21 45 TABB HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.002562 3 281.0 0.21 46 BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL BOONSBORO MD True 1.408451 2 195.0 0.21 47 GEORGE W. CARVER CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY TOWSON MD True 6.565064 2 189.0 0.21 48 MARRIOTTS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL MARRIOTTSVILLE MD True 26.270457 3 293.0 0.20 49 MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN MD True 2.568493 3 295.0 0.20 50 OAKDALE HIGH SCHOOL IJAMSVILLE MD True 2.727273 3 300.0 0.20 51 WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH VA True 0.733676 3 295.0 0.20 52 LAKE BRADDOCK SECONDARY BURKE VA True 19.576980 6 625.0 0.19 53 CLARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CLARKSBURG MD True 17.757484 4 413.0 0.19 54 HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL HAMPTON VA True 3.688799 3 324.0 0.19 55 HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL PARKTON MD True 1.599327 3 308.0 0.19 56 LOCH RAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 6.334842 2 216.0 0.19 57 TOWSON HIGH LAW & PUBLIC POLICY TOWSON MD True 10.803324 3 328.0 0.18 58 PIKESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 7.619048 2 220.0 0.18 59 WASHINGTON & LEE HIGH SCHOOL MONTROSS VA True 0.785855 1 114.0 0.18 60 ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WASHINGTON DC True 2.676864 1 118.0 0.17 61 ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL TAPPAHANNOCK VA True 1.050420 1 121.0 0.17 62 RESERVOIR HIGH SCHOOL FULTON MD True 13.360324 3 375.0 0.16 63 WESTERN ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CROZET VA True 2.879079 2 248.0 0.16 64 WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL SILVER SPRING MD True 9.952284 2 244.0 0.16 65 SOUTH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL EDGEWATER MD True 3.076923 4 526.0 0.15 66 ALBERT EINSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL KENSINGTON MD True 10.842664 3 409.0 0.15 67 STONE BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 12.432432 3 409.0 0.15 68 JOHN HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL WINCHESTER VA True 2.327515 2 273.0 0.15 69 SOUTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL SYKESVILLE MD True 1.960784 2 260.0 0.15 70 OCEAN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 6.420765 4 567.0 0.14 71 CATONSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 8.987486 3 419.0 0.14 72 PAINT BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL BURTONSVILLE MD True 14.680744 3 422.0 0.14 73 GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.660283 2 283.0 0.14 74 KETTLE RUN HIGH SCHOOL NOKESVILLE VA True 1.451613 2 290.0 0.14 75 ROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 11.027757 2 294.0 0.14 76 BOHEMIA MANOR HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE CITY MD True 0.645161 1 140.0 0.14 77 NOTTOWAY HIGH SCHOOL CREWE VA True 0.465116 1 147.0 0.14 78 STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL STRASBURG VA True 0.471698 1 141.0 0.14 79 OSBOURN PARK HIGH SCHOOL MANASSAS VA True 10.165138 4 625.0 0.13 80 BROAD RUN HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 17.814855 3 476.0 0.13 81 CHARLES HERBERT FLOWERS HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE MD True 1.722441 3 465.0 0.13 82 EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 13.408974 3 447.0 0.13 83 TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 9.469892 3 446.0 0.13 84 ANNAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL ANNAPOLIS MD True 2.702703 2 312.0 0.13 85 E.C. GLASS HIGH SCHOOL LYNCHBURG VA True 1.416431 2 318.0 0.13 86 GLENELG HIGH SCHOOL GLENELG MD True 7.930214 2 297.0 0.13 87 RICHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL RICHLANDS VA True 0.890208 1 151.0 0.13 88 BROADNECK HIGH SCHOOL ANNAPOLIS MD True 3.041825 3 511.0 0.12 89 SOUTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LORTON VA True 18.249534 3 516.0 0.12 90 HENRICO HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND VA True 8.802817 2 327.0 0.12 91 LINGANORE HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 1.991758 2 336.0 0.12 92 TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 6.312962 2 346.0 0.12 93 WARWICK HIGH SCHOOL NEWPORT NEWS VA True 4.452297 2 340.0 0.12 94 NORTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL HAMPSTEAD MD True 1.944444 1 168.0 0.12 95 TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 5.252641 4 747.0 0.11 96 C.D. HYLTON HIGH SCHOOL WOODBRIDGE VA True 6.255077 3 565.0 0.11 97 YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 7.759959 3 531.0 0.11 98 GOV. THOMAS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 5.680317 2 377.0 0.11 99 HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTOWN MD True 1.523546 2 370.0 0.11

Sadly Wakefield doesn't even appear on the list ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 8th grader says AP World history is an option next year at W&L, or so they have been told.

But does it conflict with IB requirements

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is another data point for you, which might or might not be relevant.

average %of seniors accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT from 2015-2020

name city state public %asian acceptances seniors %accepted 0 THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 59.560440 136 423.0 6.43 1 CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.294317 13 284.0 0.92 2 JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSBURG VA True 2.589490 7 299.0 0.47 3 BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BLACKSBURG VA True 6.445993 6 262.0 0.46 4 MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 20.608108 11 486.0 0.45 5 MADISON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 12.295082 9 478.0 0.38 6 LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 21.272366 9 509.0 0.35 7 RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL RADFORD VA True 1.632653 2 123.0 0.33 8 WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD VA True 15.140845 9 620.0 0.29 9 WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 10.022173 7 496.0 0.28 10 PRINCESS ANNE HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 8.066298 6 443.0 0.27 11 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 2.543143 3 237.0 0.25 12 CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTIANSBURG VA True 1.009174 3 247.0 0.24 13 GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL FALLS CHURCH VA True 9.283820 2 173.0 0.23 14 OAKTON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 24.013871 6 552.0 0.22 15 LOUDOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 6.822742 4 368.0 0.22 16 ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.142857 5 479.0 0.21 17 TABB HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.002562 3 281.0 0.21 18 WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH VA True 0.733676 3 295.0 0.20 19 LAKE BRADDOCK SECONDARY BURKE VA True 19.576980 6 625.0 0.19 20 HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL HAMPTON VA True 3.688799 3 324.0 0.19 21 WASHINGTON & LEE HIGH SCHOOL MONTROSS VA True 0.785855 1 114.0 0.18 22 ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL TAPPAHANNOCK VA True 1.050420 1 121.0 0.17 23 WESTERN ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CROZET VA True 2.879079 2 248.0 0.16 24 STONE BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 12.432432 3 409.0 0.15 25 JOHN HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL WINCHESTER VA True 2.327515 2 273.0 0.15 26 OCEAN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 6.420765 4 567.0 0.14 27 GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.660283 2 283.0 0.14 28 KETTLE RUN HIGH SCHOOL NOKESVILLE VA True 1.451613 2 290.0 0.14 29 NOTTOWAY HIGH SCHOOL CREWE VA True 0.465116 1 147.0 0.14 30 STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL STRASBURG VA True 0.471698 1 141.0 0.14 31 OSBOURN PARK HIGH SCHOOL MANASSAS VA True 10.165138 4 625.0 0.13 32 BROAD RUN HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 17.814855 3 476.0 0.13 33 EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 13.408974 3 447.0 0.13 34 TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 9.469892 3 446.0 0.13 35 E.C. GLASS HIGH SCHOOL LYNCHBURG VA True 1.416431 2 318.0 0.13 36 RICHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL RICHLANDS VA True 0.890208 1 151.0 0.13 37 SOUTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LORTON VA True 18.249534 3 516.0 0.12 38 HENRICO HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND VA True 8.802817 2 327.0 0.12 39 WARWICK HIGH SCHOOL NEWPORT NEWS VA True 4.452297 2 340.0 0.12 40 TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 5.252641 4 747.0 0.11 41 C.D. HYLTON HIGH SCHOOL WOODBRIDGE VA True 6.255077 3 565.0 0.11 42 YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 7.759959 3 531.0 0.11

Right so this just confirms neither school is a feeder to these elite schools.

So you basically have TJ, a STEM magnet, followed by the main public schools attended by children of UVA, W&M, and Virginia Tech professors, followed by the three wealthiest FCPS neighborhood schools (McLean, Madison, Langley), with W-L slightly behind and Yorktown punching below its weight due to APS transfer policies that incentivize bright YHS kids to pupil place to W-L, but not vice versa.

About what you'd expect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about YHS; but WHS freshmen can take AP World History. That's not an option at WL; but they, I believe, have a more coordinated intensified English-History curriculum instead.

I can't speak to the current situation, but my kid (now a senior at W-L doing the full IB program), took AP World History as a freshman, along with plenty of other kids. (I think there were at least 3 classes of 9th graders taking the class). In addition to his IB classes, my kid has taken 5 AP classes, plus a dual-enrollment math class). So while the IB program does fill up the schedule junior and senior years, with some planning it is possible to take advantage of the other advanced academic options.

AP anything is not an option in 9th grade at YHS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this has already been mentioned but something to consider - I heard certain colleges will expect you to have taken the highest level classes offered at your school. So if your child wants to do AP, but not IB, Yorktown might be the better option, if that is something that's going to be important down the line.

Is IB considered higher level than AP?

By colleges, yes.

Wrong.

https://admission.virginia.edu/node/356#:~:text=We%20do%20not%20have%20a,the%20type%20of%20curriculum%20available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same ranking as previous post, but including DC and MD


name city state public %asian acceptances seniors %accepted 0 THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 59.560440 136 423.0 6.43 1 RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 25.182149 38 482.0 1.58 2 MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL SILVER SPRING MD True 15.663900 46 619.0 1.49 3 WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 12.197687 26 441.0 1.18 4 WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL POTOMAC MD True 23.184777 23 454.0 1.01 5 CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.294317 13 284.0 0.92 6 SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC True 6.271186 5 137.0 0.73 7 THOMAS S. WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 35.508900 19 554.0 0.69 8 WALTER JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 12.245800 15 543.0 0.55 9 POOLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL POOLESVILLE MD True 25.795918 8 299.0 0.54 10 RIVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL CLARKSVILLE MD True 25.877863 9 340.0 0.53 11 WILSON HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC True 6.879195 10 383.0 0.52 12 CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ELLICOTT CITY MD True 34.878745 8 335.0 0.48 13 ATHOLTON HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 18.013699 9 381.0 0.47 14 JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSBURG VA True 2.589490 7 299.0 0.47 15 BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL BETHESDA MD True 5.566700 11 477.0 0.46 16 BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BLACKSBURG VA True 6.445993 6 262.0 0.46 17 MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 20.608108 11 486.0 0.45 18 OAKLAND MILLS HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 6.912442 5 249.0 0.40 19 MADISON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 12.295082 9 478.0 0.38 20 LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL MCLEAN VA True 21.272366 9 509.0 0.35 21 HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 9.380098 5 288.0 0.35 22 URBANA HIGH SCHOOL IJAMSVILLE MD True 10.873664 6 361.0 0.33 23 RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL RADFORD VA True 1.632653 2 123.0 0.33 24 BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BALTIMORE MD True 3.946488 5 328.0 0.30 25 WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD VA True 15.140845 9 620.0 0.29 26 WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 10.022173 7 496.0 0.28 27 HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL ELLICOTT CITY MD True 11.490330 6 435.0 0.28 28 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL GREENBELT MD True 9.345048 8 584.0 0.27 29 PRINCESS ANNE HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 8.066298 6 443.0 0.27 30 DULANEY HIGH SCHOOL TIMONIUM MD True 13.921242 6 454.0 0.26 31 SEVERNA PARK HIGH SCHOOL SEVERNA PARK MD True 3.151709 6 465.0 0.26 32 SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL HARWOOD MD True 0.840336 3 235.0 0.26 33 WESTERN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & ENV. SCIENCE BALTIMORE MD True 10.583153 3 227.0 0.26 34 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 2.543143 3 237.0 0.25 35 ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL ABERDEEN MD True 4.570637 4 328.0 0.24 36 CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTIANSBURG VA True 1.009174 3 247.0 0.24 37 SOUTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HAGERSTOWN MD True 2.290679 3 250.0 0.24 38 LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA MD True 14.365411 4 344.0 0.23 39 GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL FALLS CHURCH VA True 9.283820 2 173.0 0.23 40 OAKTON HIGH SCHOOL VIENNA VA True 24.013871 6 552.0 0.22 41 NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL GERMANTOWN MD True 17.725118 5 455.0 0.22 42 LOUDOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 6.822742 4 368.0 0.22 43 PARKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL SALISBURY MD True 4.757630 3 267.0 0.22 44 ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTESVILLE VA True 7.142857 5 479.0 0.21 45 TABB HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.002562 3 281.0 0.21 46 BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL BOONSBORO MD True 1.408451 2 195.0 0.21 47 GEORGE W. CARVER CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY TOWSON MD True 6.565064 2 189.0 0.21 48 MARRIOTTS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL MARRIOTTSVILLE MD True 26.270457 3 293.0 0.20 49 MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN MD True 2.568493 3 295.0 0.20 50 OAKDALE HIGH SCHOOL IJAMSVILLE MD True 2.727273 3 300.0 0.20 51 WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH VA True 0.733676 3 295.0 0.20 52 LAKE BRADDOCK SECONDARY BURKE VA True 19.576980 6 625.0 0.19 53 CLARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CLARKSBURG MD True 17.757484 4 413.0 0.19 54 HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL HAMPTON VA True 3.688799 3 324.0 0.19 55 HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL PARKTON MD True 1.599327 3 308.0 0.19 56 LOCH RAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 6.334842 2 216.0 0.19 57 TOWSON HIGH LAW & PUBLIC POLICY TOWSON MD True 10.803324 3 328.0 0.18 58 PIKESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 7.619048 2 220.0 0.18 59 WASHINGTON & LEE HIGH SCHOOL MONTROSS VA True 0.785855 1 114.0 0.18 60 ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WASHINGTON DC True 2.676864 1 118.0 0.17 61 ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL TAPPAHANNOCK VA True 1.050420 1 121.0 0.17 62 RESERVOIR HIGH SCHOOL FULTON MD True 13.360324 3 375.0 0.16 63 WESTERN ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL CROZET VA True 2.879079 2 248.0 0.16 64 WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL SILVER SPRING MD True 9.952284 2 244.0 0.16 65 SOUTH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL EDGEWATER MD True 3.076923 4 526.0 0.15 66 ALBERT EINSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL KENSINGTON MD True 10.842664 3 409.0 0.15 67 STONE BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 12.432432 3 409.0 0.15 68 JOHN HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL WINCHESTER VA True 2.327515 2 273.0 0.15 69 SOUTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL SYKESVILLE MD True 1.960784 2 260.0 0.15 70 OCEAN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL VIRGINIA BEACH VA True 6.420765 4 567.0 0.14 71 CATONSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE MD True 8.987486 3 419.0 0.14 72 PAINT BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL BURTONSVILLE MD True 14.680744 3 422.0 0.14 73 GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN VA True 7.660283 2 283.0 0.14 74 KETTLE RUN HIGH SCHOOL NOKESVILLE VA True 1.451613 2 290.0 0.14 75 ROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE MD True 11.027757 2 294.0 0.14 76 BOHEMIA MANOR HIGH SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE CITY MD True 0.645161 1 140.0 0.14 77 NOTTOWAY HIGH SCHOOL CREWE VA True 0.465116 1 147.0 0.14 78 STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL STRASBURG VA True 0.471698 1 141.0 0.14 79 OSBOURN PARK HIGH SCHOOL MANASSAS VA True 10.165138 4 625.0 0.13 80 BROAD RUN HIGH SCHOOL ASHBURN VA True 17.814855 3 476.0 0.13 81 CHARLES HERBERT FLOWERS HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE MD True 1.722441 3 465.0 0.13 82 EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 13.408974 3 447.0 0.13 83 TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG VA True 9.469892 3 446.0 0.13 84 ANNAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL ANNAPOLIS MD True 2.702703 2 312.0 0.13 85 E.C. GLASS HIGH SCHOOL LYNCHBURG VA True 1.416431 2 318.0 0.13 86 GLENELG HIGH SCHOOL GLENELG MD True 7.930214 2 297.0 0.13 87 RICHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL RICHLANDS VA True 0.890208 1 151.0 0.13 88 BROADNECK HIGH SCHOOL ANNAPOLIS MD True 3.041825 3 511.0 0.12 89 SOUTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LORTON VA True 18.249534 3 516.0 0.12 90 HENRICO HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND VA True 8.802817 2 327.0 0.12 91 LINGANORE HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 1.991758 2 336.0 0.12 92 TUSCARORA HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 6.312962 2 346.0 0.12 93 WARWICK HIGH SCHOOL NEWPORT NEWS VA True 4.452297 2 340.0 0.12 94 NORTH CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL HAMPSTEAD MD True 1.944444 1 168.0 0.12 95 TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA VA True 5.252641 4 747.0 0.11 96 C.D. HYLTON HIGH SCHOOL WOODBRIDGE VA True 6.255077 3 565.0 0.11 97 YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON VA True 7.759959 3 531.0 0.11 98 GOV. THOMAS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL FREDERICK MD True 5.680317 2 377.0 0.11 99 HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTOWN MD True 1.523546 2 370.0 0.11

Sadly Wakefield doesn't even appear on the list ...

So what? It's not a particularly meaningful list. If you don't have a lot of students applying to the 3 specific schools (Harvard, Princeton, and MIT), you aren't going to have a very significant percentage of seniors accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT.
1. There are many, many, many other top-tier and high quality, prestigious schools across the country. Many Wakefield graduates attend them.
2. Wakefield may not have as many students applying to these schools because they come from much more limited economic means and these types of schools are not as feasible to those students financially, socio-emotionally, or culturally. Many Latino students (the largest student group of Wakefield student body) for example, would be first-generation college students and therefore do not have the familiarity and knowledge and support they need to pursue such schools, or even 4 year college. As a high-achieving middle class white student, I never even considered applying to any Ivy League school or any other school whose listed tuition was clearly out of reach for me. I applied to a few less costly private schools that were likely unaffordable; but not absolutely no-hope-unaffordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this has already been mentioned but something to consider - I heard certain colleges will expect you to have taken the highest level classes offered at your school. So if your child wants to do AP, but not IB, Yorktown might be the better option, if that is something that's going to be important down the line.

Is IB considered higher level than AP?

By colleges, yes.

Wrong.

https://admission.virginia.edu/node/356#:~:text=We%20do%20not%20have%20a,the%20type%20of%20curriculum%20available.

I don't disagree or agree with you; but that's one university.
I do think IB is gaining respect and recognition among US colleges and universities, though.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th grader says AP World history is an option next year at W&L, or so they have been told.

But does it conflict with IB requirements

No. Here is a sample pre-IB 9th grade curriculum that was shared during their info night:

Intensified English 9
World Language - Level 3 or higher
Intensified or AP World History
Intensified Biology
Intensified Geometry or higher
PE
Elective

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OP - It sounds like you may be happier in private. The differences are negligible between the two and, like others said, where your kid ends up for college is much more about your individual kid than some crazy list people can't figure out how to not copy a million times in replies. We had friends who always said they wanted the local school and then would visit and decide that there was something that would make their kid too uncomfortable (like sharing a locker or some other non-issue). It was clear they were really looking for any excuse not to go with the local school (and that's OK), but needed to "visit" so they could feel good about their decision. Frankly, their kid would have been fine at the local school, but they really wanted to go with private, but had some weird guilt complex about it.

Buy the house you like and don't worry about the school.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - It sounds like you may be happier in private. The differences are negligible between the two and, like others said, where your kid ends up for college is much more about your individual kid than some crazy list people can't figure out how to not copy a million times in replies. We had friends who always said they wanted the local school and then would visit and decide that there was something that would make their kid too uncomfortable (like sharing a locker or some other non-issue). It was clear they were really looking for any excuse not to go with the local school (and that's OK), but needed to "visit" so they could feel good about their decision. Frankly, their kid would have been fine at the local school, but they really wanted to go with private, but had some weird guilt complex about it.

Buy the house you like and don't worry about the school.

What? We can't afford to go private. That is really not an answer.

What do you mean "sharing a locker"? To be honest that would be awful, that's hardly a non-issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this has already been mentioned but something to consider - I heard certain colleges will expect you to have taken the highest level classes offered at your school. So if your child wants to do AP, but not IB, Yorktown might be the better option, if that is something that's going to be important down the line.

Is IB considered higher level than AP?

By colleges, yes.

Wrong.

https://admission.virginia.edu/node/356#:~:text=We%20do%20not%20have%20a,the%20type%20of%20curriculum%20available.

I don't disagree or agree with you; but that's one university.
I do think IB is gaining respect and recognition among US colleges and universities, though.

For STEM?

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What? We can't afford to go private. That is really not an answer.

What do you mean "sharing a locker"? To be honest that would be awful, that's hardly a non-issue.

Some middle schools shared lockers before the pandemic. Once COVID hit, they stopped using lockers all together. Years and years of kids did it and it was really, really a non-issue. This is what I'm talking about. If your kid has an allergy on record (like peanuts), they can get their own one. Lockers aren't shared in HS, as far as I know, but apparently HS kids don't use their lockers anyway unless it's to store after-school sports/instruments. I saw this as someone who used to get riled up over things like the idea of locker sharing, you really can relax about some of this. It won't matter. It really won't.

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Anonymous wrote:The academics are the same. The kids are different.

The kids aren’t even that different.

Yorktown is generally more rigorous. It’s racial demographics most closely match those of Arlington County overall. That said, WL is more racially diverse because it draws more students from less super-high income areas. Wakefield is probably the least diverse school in the county.

More Affluenza at Yorktown.

All schools are above average in terms of resources and curriculum. None of them are super feeders to ivies or anything like that but there are always a few acceptances, more recently from W-L.

Yorktown parents always like to tout this as if it's meaningful. Yorktown skews more white than the STUDENT population overall, which is the relevant metric.

Yorktown 65% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% low-income
W-L 44% white, 32% Hispanic, 23% low-income
Wakefield 26% white, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 32% low-income

Agree definitely more affluenza at Yorktown and it has a reputation of having more drug use (of course I know that goes on at all HSs)

I have no direct experience with Yorktown but went to a pretty universally high income HS myself and avoided Yorktown when we were house hunting for that reason. It contributed to a pretty toxic social culture. I like the greater SES diversity at W-L and my kids have friends across the spectrum.

Arlington doesn’t have a middle class, so it’s hardly a spectrum. It’s a tale of two cities.

Is it the same person who keeps posting this? It’s totally hilarious.

Yeah, its not like the county instituted housing study to address the missing middle.


https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Housing/Housing-Arlington/Tools/Missing-Middle
https://dcist.com/story/21/11/18/arlington-virginia-missing-middle-housing/
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/caught-in-the-middle/

What exactly is the plan here? Teachers and firefighters and nurses want to live in SFH too, so building a lot of townhouses and condos priced for middle income will lay fallow or end up as group homes.

The MIDDLE in missing middle is not Middle Class. It is mid-size dwellings between a condo and a SFH. These may also correlate with a middle price point, but could also be luxury townhomes over $1M.

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Anonymous wrote:The academics are the same. The kids are different.

The kids aren’t even that different.

Yorktown is generally more rigorous. It’s racial demographics most closely match those of Arlington County overall. That said, WL is more racially diverse because it draws more students from less super-high income areas. Wakefield is probably the least diverse school in the county.

More Affluenza at Yorktown.

All schools are above average in terms of resources and curriculum. None of them are super feeders to ivies or anything like that but there are always a few acceptances, more recently from W-L.

Yorktown parents always like to tout this as if it's meaningful. Yorktown skews more white than the STUDENT population overall, which is the relevant metric.

Yorktown 65% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% low-income
W-L 44% white, 32% Hispanic, 23% low-income
Wakefield 26% white, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 32% low-income

Agree definitely more affluenza at Yorktown and it has a reputation of having more drug use (of course I know that goes on at all HSs)

I have no direct experience with Yorktown but went to a pretty universally high income HS myself and avoided Yorktown when we were house hunting for that reason. It contributed to a pretty toxic social culture. I like the greater SES diversity at W-L and my kids have friends across the spectrum.

Arlington doesn’t have a middle class, so it’s hardly a spectrum. It’s a tale of two cities.

Is it the same person who keeps posting this? It’s totally hilarious.

Yeah, its not like the county instituted housing study to address the missing middle.


https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Housing/Housing-Arlington/Tools/Missing-Middle
https://dcist.com/story/21/11/18/arlington-virginia-missing-middle-housing/
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/caught-in-the-middle/

What exactly is the plan here? Teachers and firefighters and nurses want to live in SFH too, so building a lot of townhouses and condos priced for middle income will lay fallow or end up as group homes.

The MIDDLE in missing middle is not Middle Class. It is mid-size dwellings between a condo and a SFH. These may also correlate with a middle price point, but could also be luxury townhomes over $1M.

I hit send too soon - from the website YOU linked.

What does "missing middle" really mean?
“Missing middle” is a commonly-used term that refers to the range of housing types that fit between single-family detached homes and mid-to-high-rise apartment buildings. Examples include duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, and more.