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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interestingly enough, if you look at the detailed GS ratings, white kids at Rockville actually have a better test score rating (9) then Richard Montgomery (8). [/quote]
And?  So, [b]what about Asian Am., Black and Hispanic test scores?  And what does that exactly tell us?[/b]

OP, both schools are decent and very diverse. RM cluster probably has more higher SES than Rockville cluster.   The size importance really depends on your DC - some students like small schools because otherwise they get lost in the crowd, so to speak, while others hate to stand out and prefer larger schools.

Location wise, RM is very close to Town Center, while Rockville is in the middle of the 'burbs.  [/quote]

It tells us that a white kid from this area will probably do just as well at RM as they would do at Rockville. Black and Hispanic scores at both schools are in the 3-4 range. People around here tend to hold RM in higher regard than Rockville, but in terms of actual student performance I don't know that there is much of a difference. OP, I would base my decision on what particular neighborhood you like better vs which HS it feeds into. There is quite a difference in neighborhoods even feeding into the same HS. [/quote]

DCUM gets hysterical when you evaluate a school based on your own demographic, unless your demographic is the overwhelming majority of the school. For example, I was once told that one of the schools in our cluster was awful, and I pointed out that for white students it has a GS rating of 9 so we had no concerns about sending our white child there. I was told that was racist. So to recap, sending your white child to a predominately white school with a high GS rating is noble; to send your child to a racially diverse school with a middling GS rating but that has a high GS rating for your demographic is racist. Only white people who totally avoid minorities aren’t racist. #dcumlogic [/quote]

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