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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the one who asked about buying into Langley zone and whether we'll fit in.  Thanks for those who gave answers.  Sounds like the wealth/demographics is similar to where we currently live, but Langley has consistently ranked much higher than the high school we are currently zoned in (Yorktown in Arlington), even Mclean and Marshall are ranked higher, which I don't understand.  Any thoughts on that?  [/quote]

Lots of wealthy people living in all four of those areas (Langley, McLean, Marshall, and Yorktown).  But when it comes to rankings, despite the efforts of some publications to adjust for socio-economic factors, schools with fewer poor kids and more white/Asian kids end up ranked higher.

% of Lower-Income Students 2019-20:

Langley: 3.63%
McLean: 10.64%
Yorktown: 11.69%
Marshall: 19.80%

[Note that the Yorktown % is from October 2019, while the Langley/McLean/Marshall % are June 2020 - the % of low-income kids likely increased over the school year due to Covid-related job losses.]

% of White/Asian Students 2019-20:

Langley:  86.70%
McLean: 79.15%
Yorktown: 72.60%
Marshall: 67.56%

So the only surprise is that Marshall punches above its weight compared to Yorktown, which is likely a function of Marshall still having some IB students who pupil-placed to GCM from other schools (Langley, McLean, Madison, Falls Church), while Yorktown sends kids to W-L for IB and doesn't get kids pupil-placing there for AP in return (since both W-L and Wakefield offer AP classes). [/quote]

Thank you for the data!  So basically Yorktown is ranked low because some of its high performing students go to WL and also it has more low performing students.  You seem very knowledgeable, what do you say, shall I move to Langley district from Yorktown?  My kids are still in elementary and so far we are ok with the elementary education, not great, just ok.  I am thinking FCPS should be better than APS.  [/quote]

Hard to say - would having your kids at a school with a larger cohort of academically intense kids be worth the transaction costs?   It's not like Yorktown doesn't offer the same AP courses as Langley.  [/quote]

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