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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What school would you rate as the best in Arlington?[/quote]

Taylor. Long-serving teachers, terrific new principal, slightly more diverse than the northwest cluster of schools. The parent population is still made up of North Arlington parents but they are generally not the Washington Golf crowd.[/quote]

From an outside perspective, I would not agree with this, at least from a social standpoint. I've encountered 3 or 4 Taylor parents who each had a daughter electing to transfer to Kenmore MS rather than follow-on with their Taylor cohort to "get away from the Taylor girls." 
I would emphasize "slightly" in PP's "slightly more diverse" description.

OP, it really isn't fair to ask which school is the best. If you're looking for that, then please just search for a private school that suits your expectations.  You're not moving to a school, you're moving to a school district. Even if you're at "the best" elementary school, it doesn't mean you'll matriculate into "the best" middle school, or high school.  are you just going to move around the County to chase the schools you deem "best" above all the others in the district?

Cutting to the chase, south Arlington schools are looked down upon despite some highly reputable and beloved - and Blue Ribbon - schools because south Arlington has a lot of poor people and north Arlington (particularly north of Langston Blvd) is almost entirely very wealthy people.  Just pick a house in which section you prefer.  The schools within them aren't going to be much different from each other; but there will be differences demographically and in terms of atmosphere as you move down to central and then south arlington areas.[/quote]

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