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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this neighborhood well and have properties there, here is my take.

Westgate is a a great school is majority Asian, and is very diverse. Diversity as we all know can be a plus but also a negative if you aren't comfortable that a non white majority. Asian is 30%, white is around 27%, hispanic is 27%. It is very diverse and has a FARM/ESOL rate of around 35%. http://commweb.fcps.edu/schoolprofile/profile.cfm?profile_id=075

It has good test scores and is fed by a lot of Single Family homes but quite a few apartments. More and more of the apartments are being torn down to make way for the high priced condos near the silver line. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years.

It is also undergoing a complete renovation and expansion slated to be completed in the next few weeks. http://twitter.com/hashtag/westgaterenovation?src=hash

According to the McLean civic association it has the smallest class sizes of any McLean zoned schools (probably due to the 30% FARMs/ESOL rate)

"Whereas, by school, the average class size for each McLean-area elementary school is: 
 23.9, Chesterbrook; 
25.8, Churchill Road; 
24.7, Colvin Run; 
23.5, Haycock; 
25.3, Kent Gardens; 
22.1, Lemon Road; 
24.6, Franklin Sherman; 
25.8, Spring Hill; 
21.4 Westgate."[/quote]

I thought Westgate and Lemon Road were in the Marshall pyramid vice McLean??[/quote]

PP was quoting from a resolution about class sizes adopted by the McLean Citizens Association earlier this year.  The MCA purports to speak on behalf of residents who live in areas in and near McLean zoned for various schools in the Langley (Churchill Road, Colvin Run and Spring Hill), McLean (Chesterbrook, Haycock, Kent Gardens and Franklin Sherman) and Marshall (Lemon Road and Westgate) pyramids.

Westgate and Lemon Road are both in the Marshall pyramid, but send kids to both Marshall and McLean.  The public school kids in Pimmit Hills go to Marshall, unless they get into TJ or pupil place to McLean for AP. [/quote]

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