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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious what you think modest income is[/quote]

Under 300K. At that income,  and taking into account that Oakton HS neighborhoods are not where trust funders live, the parents cannot afford the things that will make other kids feel out of place because of income - expensive cars, yearly vacations to Europe, school breaks skiing in Colorado, condo in the Caribbean etc. [/quote]

DP: This account is fairly accurate.  Oakton's median income has changed somewhat with the new developments around Vienna over the years.  If you look on Niche, they list the median HH income of the area feeding into the school as 138598, which is less than the median at Robinson (144142) and Lake Braddock (149833) and Woodson (177218) and definitely less than McLean or Langley (222587).  It's higher than Chantilly (110917) and West Springfield (127578).  So higher than the overall average of FCPS schools, but close to what people think of the middle.

To be sure, some of Oakton's slightly lower HHI is because there are younger people living in apartments so only have 1 income starting out so not that relevant to the school, but some of it is families in rentals/condos whose income is not FARMS but more solidly middle class.

That said, the wealthy portion of Oakton is more like the wealthy portions of McLean/Langley.  Oakton, I think, is a good example of a solid more socioeconomically diverse school that is very successful.[/quote]

[b]I don’t think that Niche data is meaningful. [/b] For example, they report the same median income for Langley and McLean, but Langley is definitely more affluent than McLean. They are just pulling some information for the immediate area where the schools are located, and lacking the ability to determine the median incomes of the specific neighborhoods that feed into a school.  In Oakton’s case, the area close to Oakton includes moderate-income areas in Fairfax, but the neighborhoods further west off Vale, Hunter Mill, etc., are more expensive.  [/quote]

Sure, it's not perfect data but it gives you a rough sense--so I think it's still meaningful, just imperfect.  At this point Oakton DOES have demographics that are more leaning middle class than McLean or Langley even as it also has rich neighborhoods too.[/quote]

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