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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The beauty of the W-L district for people moving from DC (as compared to some wonderfully diverse high schools in FCPS) is the ease of commuting to DC. Even driving during rush hour, I can be at 18th and K in under 25 minutes.[/quote]

Still just gets a 5 on GreatSchools, which isn't very impressive.  That's particularly a concern if your kid ends up not taking all IB or AP courses.

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/133-Washington-Lee-High-School/

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+1, I guess it's an improvement from DC. But it's all relative and would be a downgrade from most FCPS or MCPS.[/quote]

Maybe not. Wilson gets a greatschools rating of 7.

http://www.greatschools.org/washington-dc/washington/105-Wilson-High-School/[/quote]

Seriously? The Greatshchools nonsense is getting to everyones heads. Or at least the trolls. Where was the "Yorktown troll" who probably isn't even from Arlington, when Yorktown had "low" Greatschools scores a couple years ago. Comparing the VA SOLs to DC's standardized tests is insanity. Many of the DC high schools have scores of 3,4,5,6, and 7 yet most all affluent residents avoid them like the plague (with the exception of Wilson and SWW). Many are moving to Arlington, Moco, and FCPS for the schools. If you look at W-L's actual test scores on the VA Dept of Education site (link posted previously in different thread) Hispanic, White, and Black students scored at the same level as Yorktown students and above their Wakefield peers. Asian students scored below their Yorktown and Wakefield peers. Greatschools, like most rating sites all develop different algorithms to determine rankings based on scores. Schooldigger is a rival rating site based on the VA SOL test scores that gives Yorktown and W-L the same ranking. Regarding National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists, W-L tends to have the most impressive numbers in the county every year. Overall Yorktown has the highest SAT scores in the county, and both W-L's and Yorktown's SAT scores are very good. W-L tends to have the most grads headed to ivy league schools. In addition to the two Harvard early admits, one student each was accepted into Columbia and UPenn.

Don't believe the trolls. We love our Arlington schools. All the families we know at Yorktown and W-L are wonderful, and many N Arlington families have kids at both high schools. The "Yorktown troll" would probably be shocked to learn that roughly 200 students transfer from Yorktown into W-L every year for the IB program. In fact, looking at the car school "magnets" or bumper stickers around N Arlington you will see that many cars have both Yorktown and W-L magnets. OP, I think you will love Swanson, W-L, or Yorktown, depending on where you end up purchasing.[/quote]

hahahahahah you are too much. We get it, you love WL it's the best place evearrahhhhhhh. Just not for everyone. Did you see the zillow commercial? It shows the family skip a school with a bad great schools rating. That's what people do they follow data and review websites.[/quote]

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