2023 Best Public Elementary Schools in the Washington, D.C. Area

[Anonymous]

Congrats to the best Public elementary schools in the DC area (DC, MD, VA). I wonder how the schools are rated on this site?

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-elementary-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

[Anonymous]

That is a very amusing list!!

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying? LOL

Almost half the kids there are below grade level in reading and/or math.

[Anonymous]

I mean it's based entirely on ratings that people voluntarily supply to a website I've never heard of, so I don't quite understand the point. It's entirely subjective and not even based on a representative sample. I would actually be suspicious that any school in the top 10 had some kind of administration- or PTA-driven campaign to get people to submit review for this purpose. And if my kid was at a school that encouraged that, I'd roll my eyes so hard they'd fall out of my head. A strong school does not need to rely on creating positive SEO for itself.

Though at least I get why a charter in DC or one of the suburban magnets might want to do this in order to encourage more people to put it on their lottery list or submit an application. But for boundary-based schools this seems silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying? LOL

Almost half the kids there are below grade level in reading and/or math.

Sadly this is the case for most schools in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying? LOL

Almost half the kids there are below grade level in reading and/or math.

For a Mandarin program that isn't serious enrolling around 1% native speakers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean it's based entirely on ratings that people voluntarily supply to a website I've never heard of, so I don't quite understand the point. It's entirely subjective and not even based on a representative sample. I would actually be suspicious that any school in the top 10 had some kind of administration- or PTA-driven campaign to get people to submit review for this purpose. And if my kid was at a school that encouraged that, I'd roll my eyes so hard they'd fall out of my head. A strong school does not need to rely on creating positive SEO for itself.

Though at least I get why a charter in DC or one of the suburban magnets might want to do this in order to encourage more people to put it on their lottery list or submit an application. But for boundary-based schools this seems silly.

I don't like niche nor do I care about any of the other rankings but niche it's not based only "ratings that people voluntarily supply". That's only about 5% of their criteria.

https://www.niche.com/about/methodology/best-public-elementary-schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying? LOL

Almost half the kids there are below grade level in reading and/or math.

Apparently, that's the best school in the DC area- far better than those with almost no students below grade level in reading and math

[Anonymous]

Goofy ratings.

Watkins is much better than YuYing academically, at least for white kids (often posts the highest scores in the city for white kids in reading despite enrolling lots of poor kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goofy ratings.

Watkins is much better than YuYing academically, at least for white kids (often posts the highest scores in the city for white kids in reading despite enrolling lots of poor kids).

For the handful of white kids there?

Looking at scores for Nepalese-Algerian kids, Dunbar is the top high school in DC!

[Anonymous]

im not the above pro-watkins poster and it really doesnt matter but the school is 1/3 white kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goofy ratings.

Watkins is much better than YuYing academically, at least for white kids (often posts the highest scores in the city for white kids in reading despite enrolling lots of poor kids).

This post just said non white kids are poor. Trash

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goofy ratings.

Watkins is much better than YuYing academically, at least for white kids (often posts the highest scores in the city for white kids in reading despite enrolling lots of poor kids).

For the handful of white kids there?

Looking at scores for Nepalese-Algerian kids, Dunbar is the top high school in DC!

Not a handful, at least 100 in testing grades alone, almost as many as YuYing.

[Anonymous]

Wow, top 10 dominated by MCPS. I guess that means the list really is crap. LOL

-MCPS parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, top 10 dominated by MCPS. I guess that means the list really is crap. LOL

-MCPS parent

The top MCPS schools are crushed by Yu Ying,, so yes the list must be crap.c