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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?[/quote]

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.[/quote]

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000).  I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.[/quote]

What are the sat scores for the top 4 schools in MOCo and Fairfax? Be interesting to compare.[/quote]

I'd. E curious about this as well.[/quote]

Whitman 1897
Poolesville 1862
Churchill 1851
Wootton 1818 
MoCo 1631

TJHSST 2198
Langley 1851
McLean 1821
Madison 1789
FFXCo 1672

Because it is a large magnet, TJ has a bigger impact on the test scores of other schools in FCPS than the Blair/RM magnets have on the scores of other schools in MoCo.[/quote]

Thanks. So THIS is why people say Langley, McLean or bust. I never really got it before [/quote]

This doesn't even make any sense. TJ is a magnet, it only makes sense to compare it to the scores within the Blair magnet (not the whole school). Which means MOCO comes about ahead.

MOCO is also bigger and more diverse than Fairfax county

To the OP, it is generally more useful to compare smaller, similar areas, like Bethesda/CC to Arlington.

Bethesda/CC prices went up last year while Arlington went down - but I think they are generally rise at similar rates
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TJ as a magnet has 1200-1300 kids. And still pull the highest SATs in the country. Blair magnet is what?  400 kids tops?  TJ is big enough to pull a significant number of kids from each high school.  Comparing TJ and Blair's affects is silly, because TJ is multiples in terms of size. TJ pulled 70-80 freshmen from Chantilly alone last year. Get back to us when Blair pulls hundreds of kids from a single school. [/quote]

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