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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really 20% of kids in AAP in fairfax county? Where are you getting this 20% of kids number 11:20?

Also, why on earth do you assume everyone in AU Park with a graduate degree is smarter than everyone in the suburbs to get this idea that all of AU Park would be in the top 20% of say MoCo or Fairfax? They have plenty of million+ homes there as well you know. Seems off base.[/quote]

Because you have SOME sort of economic diversity in the suburbs, even in wealthier areas.  
In AU park you have NONE--it is such a tiny area.  I don't know a SINGLE person who  isn't college educated.  Not one.  Come to think of it, not a single person who doesn't have a graduate degree. 
 [/quote]

The  more relevant comparison here is between the AU Park neighborhood and the Wood acres neighborhood.   or the AU Park neighborhood and the Somerset.  or AU Park and the Town of Chevy Chase.  or compare AU Park to north Arlington's country club hills.

not AU Park and "all[b] 64,355 elementary students [/b]attending Montgomery County schools"   (  http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/statistics.aspx )

You'll see the same percentages of Somewhat Above Grade Level Children of Lawyers in each of these areas.  the "secret" to the Advanced percentages is to have little or absolutely no moderate rental apartments in the attendance area.

Frankly, the more impressive DCPS elementary schools are not Janney, which was born on 3rd base due to SFH housing stock, but the schools like Stoddert, Hearst and Eaton that post up [i]-almost- a[/i]s high of numbers without the 99.999768%  affluent kids-of-lawyers.   [/quote]

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