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[quote=Anonymous]In North Arlington, the weaker schools in terms of general learning environment are not necessarily the schools with higher numbers of low income kids. By that definition, Science Focus (20% low income) would be a weaker school than Taylor or Jamestown (about 1-2% low income) because it has more low income kids. That is simply not the case, and Science Focus is one of the best schools (if not the best) in the county in terms students who test at the advanced level. The percentage of low income students has also not affected the school's popularity, where there are no longer any spaces for kids who want to transfer into the school from Taylor or Jamestown, the other team schools. Long Branch has a lot of low income kids (close to 30%), but it has a lot of very wealthy kids from Lyon Park and Ashton Heights as well. The school has traditionally been a high performing neighborhood school, and it is often one reason for purchasing a home in the neighborhood.

Anyways, in N Arlington, the income/socio-economic disparity among schools is usually not a big issue at all among homebuyers. Families that want to avoid the lowest income schools tend avoid S Arlington schools. [/quote]

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