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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd stick with Fairfax.  Last year there almost 150 National Merit Semifinalists at TJ alone, and Langley, McLean, Marshall and Madison had more than 40 more.  Yorktown and W-L combined had fewer than 15, and there weren't any at Wakefield.  [/quote]

Of course, there are many more students at Langley, McLean, Marshall, and Madison combined (~7600) than there are at Yorktown & W-L (~3800).

2012 National Merit Semifinalist rate at Langley, McLean, Marshall, and Madison, combined = 5.4 per thousand
2012 National Merit Semifinalist rate at Yorktown & W-L, combined = 3.9 per thousand

But note these free & reduced lunch percentages:
Langley 1.5%
McLean 10%
Marshall 16.8%
Madison 8.6%

Yorktown 13.4%

W-L 29.8%

Wakefield, with 48% of its students qualifying for free & reduced lunch, can't fairly be compared to schools serving predominantly middle class and wealthy families.[/quote]

W-L and Wakefield scores are a joke compared to above schools, also notice that Yorktown is lower than all FCPS

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1729

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1699[/quote]

Not True. Yorktown is neck and neck with McLean and Madison. W-L's scores are much closer to Yorktown than to Wakefield. And when comparing W-L to a Fairfax County school with a similar FARMS percentage like South Lakes, W-L outperforms. Both W-L and Yorktown are doing quite well compared with Fairfax County schools despite a higher FARMS population at both schools.

W-L
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1729

South L
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=29&schoolName=1310

York:
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1742

Wake:
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=7&schoolName=1699

Madison:
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=29&schoolName=1368[/quote]

Marshall Beat Yorktown

In every category except English https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/report.do?division=29&schoolName=1392[/quote]

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