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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the ratings for the [b]schools in these three neighborhoods to be confusing. People talk about Arlington schools as being some of the best[/b], but I'm not seeing that in the scores for the schools here. Am I missing something here? What have been your experiences with the local schools in these three neighborhoods?[/quote]

No, they don't.  People talk about Arlington schools as being good enough, or just right.  Not the best.  Parents who want the best schools choose other school districts.[/quote]

I know people move out some Fairfax pyramids for better schools (McLean, Langley for example). Any other districts people look at? Falls church? Prince William? Interested in prince william in particular [/quote]

If North Arlington is one of your choices, the other choices are usually McLean, Great Falls, or FCC.  I haven’t heard anything about Prince William County as part of these discussions.[/quote]

FCC, McLean, or Great Falls would all be better choices than Arlington.  [/quote]

What specifically make North Arlington the least of these schools?  How would you rank the others?[/quote]

APE did a report that was really eye opening. Compared  Arlington High schools to peer schools in Fairfax and showed how we come up short.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60e8ac2567e7c27959b6ff45/t/63c89533262d7002d67e131c/1674089779236/APS+School+Quality+Think+Tank+FINAL.pdf
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New poster here.  Yea, I’m sorry but this is amateur work that falls apart upon any kind of real scrutiny.  I’m not gonna waste too much of my time rebutting it, but I will make this observation:  for the large majority of the “peer” schools that this group used for comparison for Yorktown and W-L, the largest minority by far in the peer groups were Asian, while for Yorktown and W-L they are Hispanic.  Arlington simply doesn’t attract nearly as many Asian families as Fairfax, and that alone accounts for the difference in test scores.  If you actually compare test scores in each jurisdiction by ethnic group, the differences are much more negligible.

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Where does that data exist? That allows you to compare test scores of ethnic subgroups between FCPS and APS? Seems likely that more Asian parents live in or move to fairfax (and know Asian families who have moved to fairfax for specific pyramids) You hear all the time that the best fairfax schools are better than APS. Shouldn't APS want to be perceived as being as being as good as if not better? That's just not the perception. And I think it's based on something more than just complainers. 
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