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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Explain Northview, Kingsford, Perrywood, and the like. How can they be surrounded by middle class suburbs with educated people but still be so low performing for their test scores? Even if people are pulling i out their kids for privates, what explains it? [b]These schools can't be as bad ase the schools in Capital Heights or Temple Hills, so what gives?[/b] [/quote]

Why not?  Each of the schools you listed has 40%+ students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch.  [/quote]

The data I've seen says closer to 30 percent, which is not nearly as high as schools in the inter loop. Either way, the schools are surrounded by middle class, barely any apartments, home owners. So who are the kids there exactly? [/quote]

The kids are African American. Nothing more needs to be said. African Americans are at a disadvantage when it comes to resources for their school. My son attends kingsford. They are still using chalkboards. A/c and heat is constantly out, the front office staff is “hood,” etc.[/quote]

I also don't buy that.  Nearly all the schools in PG are &gt;80% minority.

I think a lot of it has to do with kids going to specialty programs.  Middle class families are more aware of the lottery programs and can apply.  That siphons off those families from neighborhood schools.  More affluent families have more time to devote to schools and more money to donate.  With the exception of a few TAG centers, FARMS rates at specialty programs have less than 35% low income kids.

There are 8 schools in PG county that have Great School scores of 7,8, 9 or 10.  Five are specialty programs which are over 70-89% AA.  Only 2 of those schools have AA populations below 70%.  The FARMS rates of all of those schools are well below the average in PGCPS.

Within the county it has more to do with income inequality than racial inequality.

Kingsford has a Great Schools rating of 7.  That is pretty good if you think that GS scores are a good metric to determine a quality school.  Capitol Heights is actually an excellent school,  it is also home to a dual specialty program for Spanish Immersion and TAG.  More than half of the students that attend Capitol Heights are TAG identified.

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