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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Point of fact.  According to Great Schools (the bible for DCUM).

Urbana
English proficiency 84%
Algebra 1 74%
Algebra 2 93%

Sherwood
English proficiency 50%
Algebra 1 13%
Nothing listed for Algebra 2

Let me guess your next response: ‘all the schools are great in MoCo.’  And I said in a few years if the policies continue the way Lynne Harris would like.  If you can work at home and the schools are actually focused on education and not ‘wokeness’ then Frederick is viable.

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Data doesn’t always mean what you think it means.

In mcps, the standard for algebra I is 8th grade. The advanced students take it in 7th. The only students who take it in high school are students who have fallen significantly behind, so those are the only students whose scores are being measured on the Algebra I test in high school.

Another point of fact for you: at Montgomery Blair, home of the math/science magnet and the communications magnet and a heck of a lot of bright kids, the Algebra I pass rate is 6%. That is because a significant majority of the kids took and passed it in 7th and 8th grades and thus did not take it in high school.

It looks like maybe the standard for Algebra I in Frederick County is a little later.[/quote]
Also,

Urbana: low income rate 5%
Sherwood  16%

Not really a fair comparison.  But if we were to compare, I would expect Urbana to have much higher SAT scores than Sherwood since the disparity in FARMs rate is at least 10%. But no...

Urbana: SAT 1270
Sherwood: SAT 1230

Urbana: AP participation 39%
Sherwood: 51%

Let's compare Urbana to an MCPS HS that has about 5% FARMs rate... that would some place like Wootton or Churchill, which blows Urbana out of the water.

I'm sure Urbana is a good school, but I would not say that it's better than other schools that have  low FARMs rates in MCPS.  I guess if you can't afford the more wealthier places in MoCo, and you want to live in an area with no poor people, then Urbana is a good choice.  Personally, Frederick feels a bit rural to me, though their downtown is ok.  [/quote]

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