Best public school in DC itself (not DMV)

[Anonymous]

Which open enrollment (not charter) public schools would you rank highest in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which open enrollment (not charter) public schools would you rank highest in DC?

Some people just want to watch the world burn

[Anonymous]

Wilson, duh

[Anonymous]

Probably Walls. Then Wilson. Then Banneker. And then, none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably Walls. Then Wilson. Then Banneker. And then, none.

Walls is test in.

HS: Wilson, Banneker
MS: Deal, Hardy, Adams

[Anonymous]

for what grade?

[Anonymous]

Elementary schools? Key, Mann, Murch, Janney, Lafayette, Brent, Maury, Hyde-Addison, Hearst, Stoddert, probably in that order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary schools? Key, Mann, Murch, Janney, Lafayette, Brent, Maury, Hyde-Addison, Hearst, Stoddert, probably in that order.

How could anyone possibly have enough familiarity with these schools to be able to make this list, much less rank them in order? Are you just going by test scores (or alternatively, the SES of IB families, it's the same thing)?

Which is why this game is stupid, especially at the elementary school level. The actual best elementary schools in DC are almost certainly Title 1 schools, as any Title 1 school that successfully educates it's many at risk and high needs kids can genuinely credit themselves for it. Most of the schools you list have huge populations of high SES kids who get tons of support at home and honestly just need a competent school to keep them on track.

[Anonymous]

Wilson is the only decent open enrollment high school in DC

[Anonymous]

Well … if you ask US News, they say Banneker, Walls, BASIS for high school and BASIS, DC Prep, Oyster-Adams for middle schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary schools? Key, Mann, Murch, Janney, Lafayette, Brent, Maury, Hyde-Addison, Hearst, Stoddert, probably in that order.

How could anyone possibly have enough familiarity with these schools to be able to make this list, much less rank them in order? Are you just going by test scores (or alternatively, the SES of IB families, it's the same thing)?

Which is why this game is stupid, especially at the elementary school level. The actual best elementary schools in DC are almost certainly Title 1 schools, as any Title 1 school that successfully educates it's many at risk and high needs kids can genuinely credit themselves for it. Most of the schools you list have huge populations of high SES kids who get tons of support at home and honestly just need a competent school to keep them on track.

I agree. I don't think you can rank elementary schools that specifically. You can generally say theses schools are "good" and these schools are "struggling" but there's no BEST at the ES level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well … if you ask US News, they say Banneker, Walls, BASIS for high school and BASIS, DC Prep, Oyster-Adams for middle schools.

Of these, only Oyster Adams is a non test-in, non charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably Walls. Then Wilson. Then Banneker. And then, none.

Walls is test in.

HS: Wilson, Banneker
MS: Deal, Hardy, Adams

Oops. So is Banneker. So: Wilson

[Anonymous]

What does open enrollment mean? You have to go through the lottery for all schools that are not your zoned school, just like for charters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does open enrollment mean? You have to go through the lottery for all schools that are not your zoned school, just like for charters.

Not sure. Maybe OP thinks if you buy your way into a school it's somehow more meritorious than if you test or lottery your way into it?