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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They fare as well in SOL scores (basic curriculum--which is a very low learning standard for an average to bright elementary student) but not in learning much beyond that because all schools teach to the middle and at those schools the middle is quite different. Your child of parents with advance degrees will do fine at both schools--if "fine" is what you aspire to. You have fewer families at Barcroft and Randolph who have advance degrees, etc. because those parents usually aspire to more than "fine" for their kids. [/quote]

You do understand that the sfh neighborhood's in south Arlington are filled with well educated successful people right? Do you think those homes are full of blue collar workers now? 30 years ago maybe, but not now. This is such a strange train of thought to me. Low level clerks and office workers can't afford homes in south Arlington. [/quote]

Many of the SFH neighborhoods in south Arlington are rental neighborhoods, though, and are "affordable" rentals (since they are small, old, and haven't been rehabbed) so people move around a lot. We live (own) in a SFH neighborhood in 22204 but  in the 9 years I've had kids in the schools there have never been the same kids at our bus stop for more than 2 years.

When the tear-down activity makes more of a difference you may see that in the schools -- ArlNow featured a new build in south Arlington for $1.3M today (good luck) -- but despite the prevalence of SFHs, the rate of home [i]ownership[/i] in 22204 is about half that of 22207.  [/quote]

There is literally a home across the street from Randolph that sold for 1.2 last year. The ARLNoW home will sell, but this isn't the real estate thread. No need to go into it. [/quote]

Just responding to the idea that "sfh neighborhood's in south Arlington are filled with well educated successful people." Yes, there are some, and if these million dollar houses sell there will be more. But the demographics of the neighborhoods that feed into south Arlington schools remain very different from north Arlington schools. If anything, many of the well educated successful people living in south Arlington DON'T have kids and are living where they do because they like Arlington but didn't want to pay the premium for the "better" schools. [/quote]

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