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[quote=Anonymous]There are more available spots in O-A’s middle school, but those spots are not exclusively taken by Bancroft students.  Students move to O-A from Marie Reed (which is geographically closer to O-A), LAMB, Stokes and Bancroft.  However, in order to be admitted, those students must be at grade level in both English and Spanish.  That’s why there are far more Hispanic students in O-A’s upper grades, compared to the primary school.  There are not many kids who come from English-dominant homes that would be able to perform at grade-level in both languages in middle school.  That being said, I have heard several O-A teachers say that the students that transfer in from the aforementioned schools are generally not as well-prepared as the home-grown O-A students.  Other than SES, I’m not sure why that is the case. [/quote]

Here's a thought experiment. You get a kid from the highest SES imaginable and place him/ her in an empty room for five years. You also get a kid from the lowest SES imaginable and place him/ her in the best school in town for the same five years.

Which one is likely to be performing better academically after said five years?

SES influences education, but not to the degree you seem to assume. There are many other reasons why students at one school underperform students at another school.

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So, what do you think are those "many" reasons?  Please enlighten me.[/quote]

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