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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there really much difference academically between Herndon and South Lakes?

I know a lot of kids transfer for South Lakes sports teams and pretend its for IB [b] [pffft no you don't know that][/b] [/quote]

Academically you could note that in school year 2022-23 at South Lakes, 489 kids took IB exams and 418 scored a 4 or better on an IB exam.
Meanwhile at Herndon, 383 kids took AP exams and 276 scored a 3 or better on an AP exam.

[b]So you have similar sized schools with similar demographics[/b], and in both cases roughly similar percentages of kids participated in the advanced academic programs and the success on the exams was better at the IB school than the AP school. This hardly supports the common claim that "hardly any" kids do IB compared to AP and that AP has a superior academic outcome.

One conclusion is that if you are a motivated white or Asian kid, then there is not much difference between Herndon and South Lakes.[/quote]

South Lakes and Herndon do not have similar demographics. A much higher percentage of students at Herndon are on free and reduced lunch. Herndon is also majority Hispanic.

South lakes has a plurality of white students, and more Asian students. Demographics are also wealthier in comparison. [/quote]

The School Board intervened in 2008 to alter South Lakes' demographics.  They haven't taken any similar action yet at Herndon.   [/quote]

It would be very interesting to know the demographics of the Herndon students at South Lakes.  Maybe, FARMS would be quite different in proportion if they 'stayed home."[/quote]

Stu Gibson handpicked the Herndon neighborhoods to send to South Lakes with the assistance of Kathy Smith. It was mostly kids living in Herndon attending Westfield who got moved to South Lakes. Westfield would look a lot different today if they hadn't intervened. Herndon too, but probably to a lesser extent.[/quote]

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