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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yorktown is better but[b] WL is ok if you are ok with going with an average school.[/b] Many people only want top schools. In the end I think that the more competitive top schools prepare your kids for college better than a lower less competitive school.[/quote]

I think you have a skewed idea of what is "average" and are going by what people say vs. real data. Yorktown and WL are both excellent and very competitive schools. The only real difference is that WL has more poorer kids who have the challenges that go along with that (33% FARMS vs 14%). Looking at the SOL data and SAT scores for white students at both schools (white, unfortunately, serving as a proxy for not economically disadvantaged since that group isn't broken out in the school report cards), Yorktown and WL are virtually the same, and substantially higher than the "average". However, if you want to be picky about the data, WL has a higher SAT score and higher "pass advanced" rate on most tests. Yorktown has a higher pass-advanced rate for US History and Earth Science. WL is higher on every other subject. Yorktown does have a higher overall pass rate for most subjects but on the order of 99% pass for English vs. 97%. 93% pass for math vs. WL's 92%. Whichever one is higher, it's not generally by much and certainly not a meaningful difference.

I actually spent time looking into the data when we were deciding where to live rather than relying on meaningless rankings. We are now in the WL zone, mainly for the good commute. I concluded that my kids would get a great education at either school. [/quote]

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