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[quote=Anonymous]DC, MD and Virginia are still highly segregated when it comes to schools.  That's why you can have some of the top private schools in the country in DC and still the lowest test scores ON AVERAGE.  There are pockets of exceptional students surround by vast regions of mediocrity.   As a PP said - it is harder if you are in one of the pockets, but easier if you are one of the rare stars from outside the pockets.

Another factor is that there is far less space in the few elite public schools in this area (UVA, W&M and arguably UNC) with almost no elite public schools in the North East so there is a struggle to get into private schools.  The elite public schools of the Midwest (Michigan, Wisconsin and others) provide a home for a lot of those high testing students who don't have a need to pay private school tuition.

Then there is population.  Just because kids form the Midwest are smarter ON AVERAGE doesn't mean there are more smart kids in the Midwest. Because the population is higher here, there may be more smart kids even though the average is lower.[/quote]

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