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[quote=Anonymous]Both Barcroft and Randolph are surrounded by lots of low-income housing which keeps the FARMs rates high and test scores low. Barcroft has a year-round schedule, which some parents dislike, but also has the better balance in terms of demographics (both in terms of FARMs and race/ethnicity).

Barcroft's last principal was in her position for a long time and made a concerted and sustained effort to win middle-class support. Consequently, Barcroft benefited from a fair amount of middle-class enrollment and the parents who sent their children there were, in general, pleased with the education and experience. The new principal frankly hasn't lived up to her predecessor, but she is certainly a capable, if somewhat lackluster, administrator.

To be completely honest, though, also casting some shade was the effect of zoning the new Arlington Mill (which is over a 100 units, and 100% affording housing) to Barcroft. That basically kept the demographics constant (at around 61% FARMs) rather than trend downward like Patrick Henry, Abingdon, and other S Arl schools.

In contrast, Randolph has historically had little middle-class support, so the FARMs rates there have been much higher (74% FARMs last year). Also, if it matters to you, Randolph is a classic case of "white flight." While the make-up of both schools is about half Hispanic, last year there were 35 white kids at Randolph (in a school of 400+, so less than 9% of the school population).

https://www.apsva.us/statistics/free-and-reduced-price-meals/

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/legacy_assets/www/8a6243d0e7-Table_1_10-27-15.pdf

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