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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wakefield had lower SAT scores this year than TC Williams, any high school in Fairfax County, and several schools in Prince William.  It may have higher SOL scores than a few of those schools.  
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I wish people were a little more clear when they describe schools as "good" or "not good".  It seems like two different things are constantly conflated -
  a) the quality of the facilities and teaching - I think most people would agree that Wakefield is on par with other Arlington high schools
  b) the socio-demographic make-up - clearly - Wakefield is much more diverse that any other Arlington high school.

People toss around test scores as if it is a measure of school quality.  I suspect a quick quantitative analysis could show that almost all the variation Arlington high school test scores are a function of differences in the income and race distribution of the student body.

My kids will be going to W-L, but I wouldn't hesitate to send them to Wakefield.  The whole AP program is effectively a school-within-a-school and that is the peer effects they would be dealing with.[/quote]

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