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I don't know where you are getting the 8.6%, the FCPS.edu website shows 10.18%.  It is a year old and sholdbe updated shortly, but I doubt it has dropped that much as it has been steadliy rising the past few years.  There are also apartments near the new "McLean" metro station.  The Rotunda in Tyson's is also in McLean's district, they don't tend to quaify for free meals, but the cost of an apartment is much lower..  There is also talk of a new apartment complex at the corner of Westmoreland and Kirby/Idlewood where a closed church now sits, which I think it great as the area need lower and middle cost housing.  [/quote]

It's from the latest state report:  http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/nutrition/statistics/free_reduced_eligibility/2012-2013/schools/frpe_sch_report_sy2012-13.pdf

The percentage of students at McLean receiving free and reduced meals was down in 2012-13 compared to the prior year, not up, which isn't surprising given the improving economy.  The percentage of FARMS students at McLean is higher than at Langley and Madison, and lower than at Marshall, Oakton and Woodson (or, for that matter, at any of the Arlington County high schools).

Maybe there will be more townhouses at the Westmoreland/Kirby site.  I'd be surprised if they could be called "lower and middle income housing" under any conventional definition of the term.  There are already quite a few townhouses in the Haycock and Kent Gardens district, where the percentage of FARMS students is a whopping 3-4% at each school.

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