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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, go to greatschools.org

Skim the parent evaluations.  Go to the test scores and student information pages to compare schools.  The site breaks them down by subject, grade level and demographics.  It shows scores for the past few years so you can identify any patterns.

Yes, all those Langley-Haycock pyramid schools are very good.  BUT, if you look at the demographic breakdowns, those schools have virtually no diversity, which is very different from most of the rest of Fairfax County schools.  Those schools are in excess of 70% white, 20-something % Asian.  There is no significant minority representation at all (less than 5% black and hispanic).  Maybe this is important to you, maybe not.  Those schools are also very wealthy (no free lunches).  All these stats are found on that site.

You can compare those schools to schools with higher diversity and a more middle class student base.  Often the test scores are very, very similar to the Langley pyramid schools by demographic group.  The difference between the pyramids' scores comes when you have a higher concentration of minority or ESL population in other pyramids skewing the overall scores down

Still, many of these more diverse schools manage to score very high on their tests.  This to me is more of an indication of quality instruction and involved parents, if a school serving a higher concentration of at risk kids is able to achieve success rates very close to a school serving a more wealthy, monolythic student body.[/quote]

Haycock is about 60% white.  Langley is over 70% white.

When did Asians stop being minorities?[/quote]

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