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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the parents of older elementary school students at Crossfield think of Oakton as an elite school. That's why. [/quote]

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It's ranked near the top in VA, so yes within VA it would be relatively speaking even though a number are ranked higher.[/quote]

Isn't Oakton just a normsl average sports school along with many of the larger fcps high schools? I have never heard of anyone refer to Oakton as an unusually prominent sports powerhouse, just a solid sports program like most of the bigger fcps high schools.[/quote]

Academically it's near the top. 6th in va and 9th in DC metro. Can't speak for sports as my kids aren't in hs.[/quote]

Ridiculous rank; I checked USNWR and Oakton is absurdly ranked higher than McLean, even though McLean has a 97% graduation rank while Oakton’s is only. 95%.[/quote]

A more objective rank is average SAT score, and McLean’s score is currently and historically higher than Oakton’s average SAT score.

Point is:  any ranking which places Oakton over McLean is obviously invalid.

Plus, McLean is majority-minority (over 50% BIPOCs), so McLean win on diversity too.[/quote]
Average SAT score is a terrible rank unless both schools have the same percentage of students taking the SAT.  If one school only has mostly college-bound high achievers taking the SAT while the other school does a good job of convincing 75% of kids taking it just in case, then you would be penalizing the school that is doing the better job of preparing all kids for college just because the "average" SAT score was lower.  
Not saying that is the case for these two schools - but that is often the case nationally when comparing average SAT scores of schools.[/quote]

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