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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the difference is that Rachel Carson's AAP enrollment has grown faster than Longfellow's and now has 150 more students than Longfellow.  I don't know if Longfellow's drop in TJ admissions last year was a fluke or a sign that it is now in decline or a sign that the rest of the county is leveling out.[/quote]

Longfellow AAP program is shrinking with the Cooper AP students at Cooper and there is definitely a higher tendency for students at Longfellow and Cooper to state in their home HS.  Both are excellent and more students are now feeling that the downsides to TJ outweigh the upsides.  This started about 4 or 5 years ago and still seems to be continuing. [/quote]

Carson and Longfellow are both good schools, and illustrate the different approaches to AAP in FCPS.

Carson is the paradigm of a big AAP center.  The AAP kids come from 9 different elementary schools, and feed to four different high schools (Westfield, South Lakes, Oakton, and Chantilly).  52% of the students at the school are in AAP (769 students)..

Longfellow is an example of a pyramid-based AAP center.  Starting with this year's 7th graders, the AAP kids now come only from the areas that feed into McLean HS.  40% of the students are in AAP (557 students).

In terms of other metrics, Carson sends more students to TJ, and Longfellow has higher Great Schools (9 vs. 8 at Carson) and School Digger (6th in state vs. 19th in state for Carson) ratings and a lower percentage of low-income kids (7.3% vs. 9.8% at Carson).

I am not sure there is a higher tendency for students at Longfellow or Cooper (which feeds to Langley) to stay at their home high schools given the choice to attend TJ.  In the current school year, the pyramids that send the most students to TJ are McLean (154), Oakton (154),  Langley (149), Chantilly (145), Westfield (97), and Woodson (84).

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