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I am confused as to how those two are connected. [/quote]

Someone suggested that Stuart is a net "importer" of students because it has an IB program and Falls Church does not.

I don't think that's a convincing explanation.  Some IB schools (like Stuart, Edison and Marshall) are net "importers," and others (like South Lakes and Mount Vernon) are net "exporters."  The same is true for AP schools.  Some (like Madison, McLean and Oakton) are net "importers" and others (like Fairfax and Falls Church) are next "exporters."

The balance of transfers (112 out of Falls Church this year and only nine students into Falls Church) is sufficiently negative that I'd ask questions if I lived in the district before sending my kids there, or if I was considering a house in that district.  But the answer may turn out simply to be that the school doesn't have a particularly strong identity and people assume some of the neighboring schools with higher test scores are better.  I doubt that it's because the school is "scary," bad, or has a large minority and low-income population.  As noted, Stuart has a higher percentage of minority and low-income students than Falls Church, and it's a net "importer" of students.  It's also had a higher profile than Falls Church in recent years, with profiles of the school in National Geographic, an article in the Washingtonian, a Presidential visit, and an active PTSA.  Those types of things can make a difference.          [/quote]

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