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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, Wootton just attracts extremely smart and academically motivated people. IQ and grades are far more important there than wealth or sports. The Wootton area sends a good amount of kids to the magnets (unlike Churchill and Whitman) so the most motivated have already been pulled out which shows just how strong the school is academically.

Richest usually doesn't equal smartest so its not a surprise that Whitman and Churchill performed so far below Wootton. I agree with the PP that Whitman and Churchill kids are less motivated academically than Wootton families because they are so wealthy it doesn't matter to them but I also doubt they have the same high IQs as Wootton kids.  Even with more motivation, they might not score as high.

With the top ranking and a 93 percentile the trend of attracting the smartest people to Wootton will continue. Churchill and Whitman still will be prestigious because they are areas with very flashy wealth. If you want people to think you are wealthy, this is where you live. [/quote]

In the same report card,

Wootton Academic Achievement - 23

Churchill academic achievement  - 24

So much for academically motivated people, IQ and grades. Some people write whatever comes in their mind.

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Pulling marinated and aged data out of the bunghole! [/quote]

Baltimore POLY received a 23 as well and the demographics break down like this:

African American: 1,036
White: 259
Mixed Race: 15
Hispanic: 127
Asian: 101

Source: http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/Demographics/Enrollment/3//6/30/0403

Anyone who knows Baltimore knows that most of these African American kids are far from wealthy, and in fact live in rowhouses that are far less expensive than you can get a small 1br apartment in either the Wooten or Churchill zone. Moral of the story is that demographics don't correlate with academic achievement all the time and it [b]really shows how much better teachers, and the learning environment here, are than in most of these highly touted MoCo schools that everyone constantly touts around here[/b]. People are spending millions of dollars to live in neighborhoods in MoCo for the public schools and they are severely lacking. [/quote]

The school has good academic scores because it's a magnet. There's almost certainly nothing special about the school other than smart kids.  FWIW, I don't believe there's much difference in school quality between most suburban schools in the area.  The differences are in student quality.[/quote]

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