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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pimmit  Hills/22043 will give you a much better commute than Great Falls and Vienna. Also look at Dunn Loring, which is Vienna outside of Town of Vienna.[/quote]

Schools are subpar especially elementary, not apples to apples

22043 haycock pyramid is apples to apples.[/quote]

Pimmit hills goes to Westgate and Lemon Road. My kids have attended both and they are fine schools.[/quote]

That's ok but there is a major price difference between the same zip going to haycock and other regular McLean elementary schools[/quote]

NP.  Is the price difference based on the elementary schools alone?  In other words, do all the kids in that  zip code attend the same middle and high school?  But the elementary school for the lower-prices  homes is different?[/quote]
Pimmit Hills goes to Kilmer/Marshall and is split between Westgate and Lemon Rd elementary schools. Those two schools are split feeders, and some of their classmates will go onto Longfellow/McLean. PP is describing them as lesser, because some lower income apartments feed into those schools, so their great schools rating isn’t as high as the more uniformly wealthy McLean elementary schools. [/quote]

This is accurate but I'm going to chime in and say it's not the whole picture. This has been debated ad nauseam on this site, but there is no measurable difference between student outcomes at these schools if you are high income family with involved parents. In fact, red headed stepchild Marshall came in at 5 in last year's US News & World Report ranking despite having a higher college readiness ranking than either McLean (2) or Langley (3). Madison in Vienna was ranked 9th.

Any and all of these high schools are great high schools. Any and all of these elementary and middle schools will offer ample opportunities for your child to learn and succeed. The curriculum is uniform. It's not a huge mystery why majority white schools in FCPS or those in wealthy areas rank higher on Great Schools. [/quote]

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