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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, but then why do more large public MCPS make the list than large FCPS schools?  That was my question. [/quote]

#1) TJ. The majority of FCPS kids who go to HYPS end up at  TJ. So the concentration of upper SEC goes there. Essentially, TJ is like the combination of the top 3 schools combined.
#2) Even though it appears that MCPS has more schools with higher HYPS acceptance, [b]FCPS actually sends more kids: 106 vs. 94 (based on public only, top 8 schools in each county). That is 12.7% difference, means that there is a higher overall rate..[/b]
#3) The list doesn't address the number of kids that end up going to HYPS- so you are seeing the number of schools vs. number of kids. But as TJ draws from all of the schools in the area, it's almost impossible to really guage where these kids would go and how it would effect HYPS acceptance.

Hope that helps.

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That's Incorrect. 
FCPS 111, MCPS 109; even though FCPS has more students and less FARMS. 
Overall MCPS has a higher rate and more schools with HYPS acceptance.[/quote]

PP stated his calculation was based on top 8, your calculation includes all.  However, the data provided are number of students graduated from HYPS not just the acceptance rate.
Although, it does provide good statistics and show that MCPS seems to have higher rate considering FCPS has 20k more students, in general Virginia has better local schools.
Another issue with the stats provided is that it only lists three schools.  in both MCPS or FCPS, way more kids would of been accepted to those three but opts to attend another
such as Berkeley, Standford, Caltech (for engineering) which would not be included in this stats as it only counts for those who graduated from three school.
We should also look at high-school graduation rate of MCPS 88.4% and FCPS 91.5 (2018).[/quote]
[b]The calculation should include all not just cherry picked numbers. 
Virginia does not have better local schools,  not at all.  One could argue that there is only one great school in VA (TJ) and the fact that we are even having this discussion backs that up.[/b]

[quote]We should also look at high-school graduation rate of MCPS 88.4% and FCPS 91.5 (2018)[/quote]
????????
What would that tell us? Different states, different standards.[/quote]

Poster of the numbers here.

I didn't cherry pick. I just picked 8 those were the highest numbers in both counties-- which you would understand once you started to tally the numbers, they drop significantly after five or so schools. So if the highest numbers in MD < VA, then the list that the OP was posting is off. Also, a total number isn't what the OP was looking for. OP was asking why there were more schools with "high" numbers of HYPS grads according to that list. I was just explaining that it isn't the number of schools that you should look at, it is also the number sent from the top high schools.

[b]You argue that we have only one great school and that is TJ. I agree.[/b] And that's why we moved to FCPS instead of MCPS. It's not just the best school in the county. It's one of the best in the country and it's great. But FCPS also has 3 schools in nationally ranked in the top 200 of US News McLean, Oakton, Langley, and 7 schools in the top 10 of VA, not including TJ. MCPS has Whitman and Wootton nationally, and 4 in the top 10 of MD. So even though we have 1 great school, we have 7 good enough schools in our county compared to your 4. Essentially, we have 75% more schools than that of MCPS that are good enough compared to TJ.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland

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Case closed.
7 in the top 10 in VA means nothing. It just reinforces the fact the they are no other good schools in VA.
FCPS cannot compete with MCPS but keep cherry picked numbers to make you feel better.
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