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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be brutally honest here, ok?  There are plenty of reasons to prefer living in DC over Arlington, and obviously the best DC public schools are perfectly capable of providing a solid education for a smart and self-motivated kid.

But if you're talking strictly about which public school system is better, without regard to anything else, Arlington is without question better.  Much better.  Deal and Hardy may be the best in DC, but in Arlington they'd be average.  Williamsburg, Swanson and Hamm would all blow them away.  And as others have said, the high schools are another level entirely.  J-R is the best in DC, but is only on par with Wakefield in Arlington--generally considered the worst in the county.

It's strictly a matter of demographics.

You're kidding yourself if you think otherwise.[/quote]

But it’s not better than School Without Walls or Banneker -if we are talking about HS -they blow Yorktown out of the water.

But yea if your kids is going to a neighborhood school like JR then Arlington is better.

Overall I think it depends on what your child is motivated to do and wants.

As a Gen Z mom who went to SWW, it was a great experience but only meant something because I wanted to go to an Ivy. My younger sister also got in and went to a nice state school. It took her 8 months to find a little above minimum wage job…

The job market is tough and there are a lot of older more experienced people still working. Unless you are going into something like a trade, it can be very difficult.[/quote]

Walls is tiny and uber selective and only available to a tiny fraction of DCPS students and Banneker does not blow Yorktown out of the water.  Just compare test scores and college acceptance lists.  Not even close. [/quote]

I'm amazed at the time and energy some of you spend shitting on other children's schools. You really have nothing better to do?[/quote]

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