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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should sign up for the 22204 listserv on yahoo - I'm on it from when I was planning to buy a house there, and there are a bunch of people who live in Douglas Park and may have kids at Randolph.

Do you love your neighborhood?  The test scores are lower at Randolph (and some other S. Arl schools) because the population is poorer (high FARMS rate - 77% last year), more ESL and more hispanic than the schools in North Arlington.  It's a Title I school.  Chances are, white children perform about the same as at other schools.  Looks like 79% of white students passed the SOLs in Reading and Math, vs. 93% in Arlington and 82% in the State.  https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1705

If you want to stay in South Arlington, I've heard that [b]Patrick Henry (Penrose) and Oakridge (22206 near Crystal City) [/b]are a little more diverse in their mix, both racially and economically, whereas Randolph is about 10% Caucasian (56% Hispanic) and 77% FARMS.  The average for Arlington last year was about 47% Caucasian and 32% FARMS.  Otherwise, you pretty much can't go wrong in North Arlington, though you definitely will pay a lot more for a house.[/quote]

Patrick Henry is 22204 and Oakridge is 22202. I agree that both are good schools, among the stronger ones in South Arlington.   Oakridge is one of the overcrowded schools though.  OP, if considering South Arlington, you should closely follow APS More Seats for More Students and the School Board's development of the 2014 CIP.  It's all underway right now.  There is the possibility of either a new school in South Arlington (if the County provides a site) or additions to existing schools (with boundary changes) in South Arlington.  The school boundaries for South Arlington that you see now will likely change.  North Arlington went through this process for elementary schools last year so things are settled in that part of the County.  Things will be more clear in May when the School Board works out the details of the 2014 CIP.

Here's the most recent APS presentation on the matter - [url]http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/110/041014%20SB%20Work%20Session_FINAL_WEB.pdf[/url][/quote]

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