What I Dufief Elementary Schoo Like These Days?
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Anonymous
| In private school now but thinking of using our home school. Anyone have any current feedback? |
Anonymous
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Why in the world would you do private in elementary if that is your home school?
Dufief is fantastic It’s a great neighborhood school |
Anonymous
Because we can afford it and the school where she is better than Dufief. |
Anonymous
It's also a 4/10 on Great Schools so clearly there is room for improvement. I am sure her private school is better than that. https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/gaithersburg/886-Dufief-Elementary-School/ |
Anonymous
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Looks like the staffs are happy (compare to other ES in Wootton cluster)
https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php?l=0&sch=241&survey=2023CLIMATE&type=Staff&comparison=4 |
Anonymous
Compare to Lakewood ES results: https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php?l=0&sch=209&survey=2023CLIMATE&type=Staff&comparison=4 |
Anonymous
I am sure they are. Other than the principal, the staff is one demographic - white women. Must be comfy. |
Anonymous
| Run |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
Those ratings are without context. The school houses a large self-contained special ed program (Learning Center) where the students are at least 2+ years below grade level but still on diploma track, so their test scores (which are inevitably all failing the state tests, or their IEPs would be for a less restrictive placement) skew the school's results down. It's also a small neighborhood and the special ed program takes up a good third of the school population so it has a heavy impact on their numbers. It has no bearing on the academic performance of the regular gen ed classes. It's basically two schools in one but the "at a glance" ratings don't make that at all clear. |
Anonymous
That score is B.S. Look at standardized test scores on MCPS report card - you can filter out kids w/ disabilities and you will see scores comparable to lakewood, stone mill, travilah, etc. |
Anonymous
Suuure!!! |
Anonymous
ELA 3 - 82.9% ELA 4 - 95% ELA 5 - 93.3% Math 3 - 80% Math 4 - 89.5% Math 5 - 83.9% Go check the other schools, moron. |
Anonymous
And clearly, such kind parents too! Should have just paid the extra money and moved to Stonebridge. |
Anonymous
| What grade are you looking to go into? Some grades are quite small and some are large. |