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[quote=Anonymous]OK, but the problem with that premise - "two kids who are otherwise the same" - is that the top x% of the class at TJ are taking classes that are NOT available at Edison - way more advanced and unique things (including that TJ students work on a Senior Project in one of more than a dozen labs, some of which have equipment that NO other high school in the country has).  Spend some time exploring TJ's website and you will understand this (links below)

http://tjpartnershipfund.org/current-needs/research-labs/

https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/courses/300/

As just a few examples, Edison (link below) does not have a course in Bionanotechnology.  Or Relativity, Electrodynamics & Quantum Mechanics.  Or Introduction to Optics Systems and Phenomena.  Or even the more plain Computational Physics.

http://www.fcps.edu/EdisonHS/departments/science.htm

Now, if you assume that TJ kids not at the top of the class are competing against top 10% of Edison kids, yes, probably top 10% of Edison kids do better than the middle third of TJ kids.  But for the top of the TJ class, Edison is not going to serve them as well. 
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