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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving to the area. Don’t know where to start. 2 bright kids. One into sports. One a theater/ music / creative type. One on the spectrum. Both iffy at math. Where do we begin figuring out where to buy or rent?[/quote]

Einstein and Blake are schools that have a good reputation for theater/ music / creative types.[/quote]
Richard Montgomery HS has the oldest, and most prestigious theater program.

They produce some really great shows.

RMHS also has the IBDP program for in cluster students, and RMIB magnet program that RM students can also apply to or join in 11th.

I don't know that much about their sports programs, but recently, I think some of their sports teams won regional and/or state.[/quote]

It has the oldest theater program because it's the oldest high school...[/quote]

Okay, that's kind of funny. I guess they also have the most prestigious football team, cafeteria tray sledding team, and Home Ec department as well.

To return to OP's question, there are good and bad things about almost every high school in MCPS. If you share just general commute, what kind of quality of life you are looking for, and a budget range, we can probably make some recommendations.

If we assume commute and money are no object, the "best" HS is probably Whitman just in terms of sheer wealth available to supplement existing school resources. If you want an "urban" quality of life with good access to transportation, but money is still no object, B-CC is a great choice. If you want a traditional American HS experience with football and homecoming and all that jazz, Quince Orchard is generally regarded as the most "normal" HS in the area. [/quote]

Wouldn't the best have the most NMSF or best college outcomes?[/quote]

Eh, the magnets confuse the NMSF thing because kids who test well are "pulled" into specific schools, where they continue to test well. Similarly, college admissions tell you something, but it's hard to disaggregate wealth, legacy status, etc. [/quote]

I hear that but it's also not always true. I remember seeing the data the county accidentally released that showed SAT scores by racial cohort at each HS and for my kids cohort Blair was 50 points higher than any W, and since the magnet is something like 90% Asian, that wasn't a factor.[/quote]

Demographics have a big impact on test score averages. It's too bad they don't provide more detail by cohort.  This would make it easier to do a true comparison between these schools.[/quote]

Don't they have this in the MD school report card?[/quote]

They do, but just a warning to anyone who uses the school report card. In the most recent version, the only math score available is Algebra 1. Every single school in MCPS is going to look like it is underperforming in math, because the on-grade standard is to take Algebra 1 before getting to school. So, the only kids taking the Algebra 1 exam in high school are kids working below grade level.

That's true for every single school, so it leaves English 10 exam as the only metric to compare across schools and across demographic groups.[/quote]

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