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Reply to "Moving to Arlington or Fairfax Country - Question re being near metro in good high school district"
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[quote=Anonymous]And this attitude is why it's important to actually look at the school's test scores. You may want to avoid poor kids by going to Yorktown, but for non-economically disadvantages students, the pass-advanced rates are generally either higher at W-L or similar between the two schools. W-L higher: Reading- 22 at W-L vs 16 at Yorktown Writing -- 60 at W-L vs. 52 at Yorktown Chemistry -- 44 at W-L vs 27 at Yorktown Yorktown higher for Algebra 2 -- 18 at W-L vs 20 at Yorktown Equal for Biology -- both 35. But both schools have total pass rates of over 90. Other than Yorktown seemingly having a problem with Chemistry, none of these score differences would sway me from one school to the other. I'd choose based on the specific house/commute and also consider APS vs. Fairfax based on things like interest in the AAP program vs. APS's approach of (inconsistently) serving gifted students .[/quote]
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