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I bet those kids go to schools with lower FARMS rates. Once you hit a tipping point, those kids aren't doing well. A school full of poor kids isn't going to do well.[/quote]

FARMs is a measure of household income, not socioeconomic status. I wish that people would stop conflating the two. I'm talking to the OP, not to you, PP.[/quote]

What's the difference between income and SES?[/quote]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_status

Income is one factor but not the only one used to determine SES.  A PhD student or medical resident might have low income but higher SES based on occupation and education.
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Great example. In our Silver Spring neighborhood, there are a fair number of recent immigrants and refugees from East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. These are often folks who were well-educated back home, and some are here are special visas for individuals who worked with US troops. So, they are low income because their specific skills aren't in particularly high demand in the United States in 2018, but they expect a lot from their kids, create a stable home, and in all other ways "share the values" of any other family in the area.

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