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[quote=Anonymous]Adding the limited English number to the F/R Lunch number provides the following  (by the sum of those two numbers - highest to lowest). It might provide a better picture of the burden some schools have relative to others. For example, Stuart has an ESL number of 32.29 percent and a F/R lunch number of 64.47 percent, for a total of 96.76. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Jefferson has an ESL number of 0 percent and a F/R lunch number of 2.11 percent, for a total of 2.11. The numbers come from the FCPS website. The Great School rating is in parentheses:

Stuart - 96.76 (3)
Falls Church - 82.34 (4)
Annandale - 81.28 (4)
Lee - 81.16 (3)
Mt. Vernon - 73.27 (2)
Herndon - 61.29	(4)
West Potomac - 58.46 (4)
Edison - 52.59 (5)
South Lakes - 40.33 (6)
Hayfield - 38.15 (5)
Westfield - 36.71 (6)
Fairfax - 36.18	(6)
Centreville - 35.57 (6)
Marshall - 26.36 (9)
Chantilly - 23.85 (8)
South County - 21.93 (6)
Lake Braddock - 21.83 (8)
Oakton - 18.79 (8)
Madison - 17.01 (8)
Woodson - 16.33	(8)
McLean - 15.25 (9)
West Springfield - 13.89 (9)
Robinson - 13.23 (8)
Langley - 3.48 (9)
Thomas Jefferson - 2.11 (10)

Some schools appear to have fallen outside expectations: Mt. Vernon, Hayfield, and South County should probably do a bit better; Marshall does a bit better than one would expect (and maybe Annandale and Falls Church as well).

Things of note: 8 schools have broken away from the rest with high ESL numbers and F/R lunch numbers (&gt;50 combined, starting at Edison and running up through Stuart). FCPS has a serious problem in this regard because education focused families with money moving to the area will see these numbers and run to the other schools, making the problem worse for the low rated schools.

Some schools (Marshall, Lake Braddock ) benefit from inbound transfers of education focused students. Others, like Mt. Vernon, Falls Church, and Lee suffer the opposite problem - they lose education focused students via transfer.

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