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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP with two younger kids (pre-K) looking at purchasing a home in the Quince Orchard or Wootton districts. We are leaning towards the QO area as you can get a better value of house for your money there it seems, and the neighborhood itself seems like a nice place. It seems like many PPs on this forum like QO too as a school overall, though some note Wootton is strictly better academic-wise but perhaps with a bit more pressure at times.

The one main concerning thing we've seen with QO is the Usnews ranking, which I've found to be a pretty good indicator of ranking at least regarding the different high schools we went to growing up. Anything above 1,000 tends to be a decent school.

It looks like back in 2019 QO was ranked a very respectable 533 in the nation. 
https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/u-s-news-high-school-rankings-2019-heres-how-montgomery-fared

However in 2021, QO was ranked an atrocious 2,796 nationwide. 
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools/quince-orchard-high-school-9163

Did something happen, like a rezoning that lowered the quality of incoming students? I also see that the Math proficiency here is listed a paltry 5%, maybe is a typo that led to this low ranking?

We recognize that kids will do well based more so on their upbringing and personality rather than the raw quality of a school. However, a child's friends are extremely important and can really affect their outlook on life. Growing up I personally had a friend who probably would have gotten into trouble in the forms of drugs and early sex, if she had not been with the more studious-inclined friend group who persuaded her to avoid those things until after high school. We want to be sure that if we do move to the QO area, that DC will have the opportunity to easily surround themselves with friends who are academically inclined vs snoozing in class or worse.[/quote]

Who cares about ranking?  QO is a middle school in the county, not the best and not the worst.  If you want special programs, it's not the school for you.  However, neither is Wootton.  Look at the school websites and see the programs they offer. I agree with other posters that it is an athletic school.  I don't agree though that people specifically won't put their kid in the school.  I think most parents went to private schools and will choose to send their kid to private schools. [/quote]

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