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Sorry, I don't mean to be rude but I think you are making a silly (frankly stupid IMHO) distinction between school and student body. When people talk "good" schools or "bad" schools, they are talking about the quality of student body. So, in that sense, those two are the same. [/quote]

I agree that when people talk about "good schools" and "bad schools", they are actually talking about the SES of the student body. (Not the "quality" of the student body, please. Affluent kids are not higher-quality than non-affluent kids.) But this is reductive thinking. We all know that there are schools with affluent students and lousy teachers and administrators, as well as schools with poor students and outstanding teachers and administrators. Which is the good school, and which is the bad one?[/quote]

Given you can't measure precise quality of teachers or admin staff, you HAVE to assume the qualities of teachers and admin staff are "hit-and-miss". Even if school X has more good teachers than bad teachers (per parents' point of view which may or may not reflect the reality), there's no guarantee your DC will have those teachers. So, you worry about things that have "direct" effect on your kid - such as the student body. [/quote]

And that's fine, but it doesn't negate the distinction between "good/bad school" and "affluent/non-affluent student body".[/quote]

Once you start defining "good schools" vs. "bad schools" using metrics other than academic performance, it really becomes a personal choice (i.e., what value is important to you and your family?). Each maybe valid but all are very different. You need to pick the environment that "fits" your child and your value system. My two cents. [/quote]

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