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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The adversity score is on a scale of 1-100, and takes into account the following:

Neighborhood environment:
Crime rate
Poverty rate
Housing value
Vacancy rate

Family environment:
Median income
Single parent
Education level
ESL

High school environment:
Undermatching
Curricular rigor
Free lunch rate
AP opportunity[/quote]

Is this for the school address or the student's address? I'm thinking about Wilson for example; it's in a wealthy part of town but serves a lot of economically disadvantaged students.[/quote]

The index will measure both the home and school addresses.[/quote]

So kids from the same high school get different adversity scores? [/quote]

For schools like to TJ and Blair, you are going to get a range of scores.[/quote]

No you aren’t.  TJ is less than 2% FARMS.  Less than 2% AA.  Less than 2% Hispanic.  It pulls from McLean, Oakton and the nicer parts of Herndon, Reston and Chantilly.  90% of the student body is solidly UMC.  TJ admissions is pure merit, based on a test.  No social engineering or 1st gen or URM bump. Most of the parents have graduate degrees and work in tech fields. It pull from multiple parts of the county. But they are all relatively affluent. [/quote]

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