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[quote=Anonymous]I'm considering moving from DC to one of these high school districts, mainly because they have housing that falls in my price range.  And each has sub-locations that have what I'm looking for -- places to walk to to play -- playgrounds, basketball courts, some sort of soccer field (even if small), and a neighborhood with other kids to become friends with.  I know the reputations between the two high schools are very different, including their Great School scores.  However, the difference between their US News Best High Schools ranking is not as large.  In particular, QO is higher than WJ for the College Readiness Index Rank and College Curriculum Breadth Rank (CCBR) .  If you look at the underlying data US News provides (scroll down and click "See More Test Scores" under "Test Scores")  QO seems to not be as far "behind":

Proportion of 12th Grade Class Who Scored 3+ on an Exam: WJ 71%; QO 73%
Exam Takers in 12th Grade Class Who Scored 3+ on an Exam: WJ 90%, QO 82%.

Plus QO's CCBR score is higher. US News' definition of this is "The proportions of 12th graders who took and passed AP and IB exams in multiple areas. More exams are valued more than fewer exams up to a maximum of four. Passing an exam is worth three times more than taking."

However, I've heard that QO is a very sports oriented school, and getting more so, with the parents and administration caring more about sports.  This worries me only because my son loves sports and doesn't love academics.  He is who he is and I'll support him. But I'd at least like him to be in a school and find his "tribe" of peers that care about school and find it important.

Where does QO's high college readiness scores come from?  Do they have a great AP program with good teachers?  Or are the "parents / students that care" -- teaching themselves, and getting tutors as they need to; it is a high enough SES school that that could be the background strategy going on.

Thank you in advance.[/quote]

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