Which private high schools have significant cohorts of gifted kids?

[Anonymous]

It seems like kids in the top 10% (e.g. WISC-V scores) could be better served in public magnet programs because they would have more peers at their level and more course offerings.

Are there any private high schools with a cohort of students in this range?

[Anonymous]

They can be well served in any place.

[Anonymous]

This is DC -they are at every school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like kids in the top 10% (e.g. WISC-V scores) could be better served in public magnet programs because they would have more peers at their level and more course offerings.

Are there any private high schools with a cohort of students in this range?

The 90th %ile is pretty far from gifted. There are many kids in that range in private schools. The kids in the public magnets are in the top 1%, which is as far from the 90th %ile as the 90th is from average.

Kids in the top 1% can be served well in private schools too.

[Anonymous]

Is this a serious question? The OP is concerned that their top 10% gifted child will not be properly served at STA, NCS, Maret, SFS, GDS or for that matter any of the others?

[Anonymous]

How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

[Anonymous]

If many of these kids start in lower grades, or benefit from sibling preference, then there may not be as many gifted kids in high school as one may think at first glance.

[Anonymous]

This cannot possibly be a serious question with the caliber of schools in the area LOL. Either way, I'm getting my popcorn out. This should be fairly entertaining

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

+1 and gifted kids do not need handholding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

+1 and gifted kids do not need handholding.

Unless they are 2E...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

This again? Why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

+1 and gifted kids do not need handholding.

Yelp...Not even close!

[Anonymous]

As a genius myself, I hate when people complain about being gifted. It's like complaining about being too rich. Or too beautiful. It's just tasteless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can students be better served in public schools when their class sizes are significantly larger (even the classes in the magnet programs)?

For highly gifted, public magnets are a better fit - more advanced curriculum and larger peer group.

+1
While it really does depend on the kid I do think this is true in general. There are just more opportunities and more competition. In DC's year there were about 3-4 classmates in the magnet who turned down Big 3s for magnet.