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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]23:11 here - my concern was less with Yorktown and more with the elementary school, which is 1% FARMS and at least 84% white.  (Asians make up the largest minority group, by a landslide.)  Our neighborhood is very, very, very caucasian.  So yes, I am a little concerned that my daughter will grow up with an unrealistic view of the world.  Her preschool is diverse, and we do a lot of our extracurriculars in South Arlington, but still.

the thing to note with Wakefield - and TC Williams - and the lower ranked Fairfax schools - is that once you control for the demographics within the schools, the college-prep white kids tend to achieve everywhere.  Kids tend to hang with other kids who are like them.  [/quote]

We just moved to Yorktown and I was concerned about the area being majority white since our kids are biracial (I'm white, DH is Asian). But I've been surprised to find that on my street and the street directly behind mine, there are 3 other Asian/White biracial families. So at least my kids look like some of the other kids in the neighborhood. But yes, there aren't many other minorities that live in our immediate vicinity...[/quote]

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