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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom heavy?!

Yes, HoCo schools are “rated” higher because they have a lot fewer black and Hispanic kids, who tend not to score as highly on standardized tests. “Ratings” around here are 100% about whiteness/Asianness of a school system. When people say they want “good schools,” you can simply cut and paste “white and Asian schools.”[/quote]
MCPS:
30.1% Hispanic
29.3% White
21.3% Black
14.3% Asian

HCPS:
22.4% Asian
24.0% Black
11.3% Hispanic
35.8% White

so...not really. You know it's easy to look this stuff up, right?[/quote]

So MoCo is more than half (51%) black/hispanic and HoCo is only 1/3 (35%) black/hispanic?  I'd call that a major difference.  HoCo is one in three and MoCo is the majority.[/quote]

Exactly...thanks to the poster who shared these numbers.  The biggest issue is the % of Hispanics.  These numbers seem to mesh with the numbers posted earlier about limited English proficiency, which I am pasting below for your convenience:

HoCo

Free/Reduced Lunch – 22.7%
Limited English Proficient – 5.7%
Special Education – 9.6%

MoCo:
Free/Reduced Lunch – 34.2%
Limited English Proficient – 17.4%
Special Education – 11.2%[/quote]

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