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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excellent academics![/quote]

I looked at the SAT averages by the demographic cohort that was posted here a while back and although Wooton does okay it's hardly the top school at least for kids.It is definitely in the top 5 though.[/quote]

Raw SAT score means different things to different people and just because an average SAT score is higher does not necessarily translate into college readiness.  Ex. a school could have more 504 or Special Needs programs than another.

Lotus prep does a nice analysis of the best high schools in the greater Washington DC area, both private and public, ranked by SAT.  https://www.lotusprep.com/best-high-schools-dc/.  They weight 3 (meaningful) factors equally: Average SAT (math and critical reading), Average number of Presidential Scholar candidates, Average number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists.  Not sure why Poolesville wasn't counted, but it may have just been an oversight?  Only two schools were "outliers" (the others "clustered" within a statistically significant range); although it will be interesting to see if Blair drops in future years due to the "lottery system" impact.  Wootton was the lowest on this ranking (e.g. fewest National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, Presidential Scholar candidates, SAT average).
#14 Walt Whitman 1322
#19 Blair (Magnet only) 1318
#22 Richard Montgomery 1244
#24 Walter Johnson 1289
#25 Churchill 1252
#28 BCC 1250
#30 Wootton 1229

However, relying upon this result alone is deceptive.  When looking at the student body overall, Richard Montgomery, Walter Johnson, and BCC fall further down the stack academically when considering the number of students (a) taking more difficult AP/IB classes, and (b) meeting college requirements.

% of Graduates Scoring 3 or Higher on AP Test or Scoring 4 or Higher on IB Test:
Whitman 84.0
Wootton 78.4
Churchill 77.9
Poolesville (whole school) 76.2
Walter Johnson 70.8
BCC 69.6
Richard Montgomery 67.0
Blair (whole school) 52.5

Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements:
Poolesville (whole school) 84.8%
Churchill 84.5%
Wootton 83.8%
Whitman  81.4%
BCC 71.7%
Walter Johnson 67.1%
Richard Montgomery 65.4%
Blair (whole school) 62.9%

Whitman, Churchill, Wootton (and Poolesville) seem to earn their academic reputations as overall "solid" schools.  BCC, WJ, RM, and Blair (excluding the magnet) are still good, just not good overall (more likely pockets of kids).[/quote]

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