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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the responses.  Not looking to start a discussion on race.  We live here, we like living here, the diversity is all part of that.

But, regarding test scores check the SAT scores (1800 at Wootton but only 1500+ at Rockville), see the % that go to college, etc.  I can read this stuff online.  But I want to know about the other stuff -- the test scores only tell part of the story.  As one PP pointed out, "It is a fact (not opinion) that schools with high Hispanics have poor test scores compared to others - which equals more help needed in class, which equals your kids gets the shaft."  Another posted talked about how more FARMS students brings more resources.  These are both the types of things I want to know about.  What kinds of resources? The student to teacher ratios are very similar in just about all the schools I looked give or take one or two students.  Also, thoughts on the specific schools are especially appreciated too!

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I don't have a dog in this fight (I don't live in MOCO), but I do find the discussion interesting.  The thing about SAT scores is that in wealthy areas, a lot of parents pay for SAT prep classes.  So the difference in SAT scores may have to do with SES, but not in the way some are arguing.  It's not that greater SES makes the quality of instruction at the school better, but that scores are higher because people with money are paying for instruction and classes and prep classes for their kids  so that they perform better on the tests.

I found in college that student friends of mine who paid for LSAT prep classes performed better than those who did not.  We all went to the same college, took the same college courses, but for tests like the SATs or the graduate tests or the LSATs, et cetera, those prep classes do give students an advantage.

I wouldn't draw conclusions about the school based on SAT scores.  Just thought I'd mention that.[/quote]

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