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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would the decision on fcps school choice be different based on the race of your child - ie asian white or Hispanic etc... in terms of expected SAT scores, GPA, and what the racial and/or SES mix is at your fcps high school?  (As opposed to just the top 5% criterion??)

Ie are the asian kids competing with each other across the county and the hispanic kids are the same, but the langley versus mount vernon versus chantilly differences are just masking (or masked) by the racial composition effects and would be "unmasked" if for example Naviance had racial breakdowns for its dat

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I assume a school like Mt. Vernon would have more URM applicants. Since URM may be admitted with slightly lower stats, that would tend to skew averages downwards (though I highly doubt this would account for the full discrepancy between schools).  Would be better if you could compare entrance results across the county looking only at kids of the same race/ethnicity or first generation status but of course that info isn't available. [/quote]

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