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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From these data posted, McLean is indeed showing its strength in its superior academic quality among the non-magnet public schools. Apparently it's the elite colleges' favorite. Good for them.
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Yes, actually surprised at the marked difference between McLean and the other fcps schools' results.  I wasn't expecting that much of a distinct difference between nova public hs.  [/quote]

This is demographics, not ability or achievement. Most of the private colleges listed in the McLean’s matriculation list cost around $70k/year. Out of state publics cost around $40-50k. You would likely find a similar list at Langley or Madison. [/quote]

Probably so.  Also, the top publics in MCPS (that, unlike McLean, aren't losing 40 of their top kids to TJ or an equivalent every year) look better than Langley/McLean/Madison. [/quote]

Actually we have 4 strong magnets in MOCO, not just one, so we lose even more kids.[/quote]

I’ve seen MCPS reports on student transfers and that’s not the case.  Schools like Whitman and Churchill weren’t each sending 150-160 students to magnets, which is the case in several FCPS pyramids (Langley, McLean, Oakton and Chantilly).[/quote]

Incorrect, most of the kids move to magnets in 6th grade.  So you would need to look at those numbers.  Also, now you are comparing 40 for VA to 150-160 to MOCO. Which is it?   Remember, due to vicinity of the privates, we also lose a lot more to privates than VA does.

I hate the VA-MD debates, but you can't peddle false info, it is misleading to parents who use these threads for decision making.  [/quote]

About 40 students per class equals around 160 transfers out of these pyramids to TJ, so there’s no inconsistency.

I recall seeing an MCPS report about transfers within MCPS (I believe the impetus may have been whether students from the DCC were being disadvantaged) and having a distinct recollection the transfers out of the W schools to the MCPS magnets were smaller).

And I hadn’t said anything about students attending privates. My understanding from various Census files is that Bethesda and Chevy Chase both send a higher percentage of kids to privates than NoVa.  Whether those kids are the same caliber intellectually as the kids getting into TJ is an interesting question.
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First, Bethesda and Chevy Chase are only a fraction of the size of "NOVA".  A better comparison would be Bethesda and McLean.

Second, there's not a private school in this area where the average student is of the same "caliber intellectually" as TJ.   The AVERAGE SAT score is 2200 -- the 98.5 percentile.  One third of the class are national merit semifinalists.  No private school in the DC area can match this, including none of the Big 3.  In fact, I know NOVA families that sent their kids to the Big 3 precisely because they didn't get into TJ.

-- non TJ parent[/quote]

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