How to replicate Ross's success?

[Anonymous]

Which high school? There is no affiliation with SWW for applications.

[Anonymous]

Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

[Anonymous]

Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which high school? There is no affiliation with SWW for applications.

No, but the school has seen a major change of staff and admin since SWW took over. There has been some negative feedback from high school families but it has been a win for the PK-8 school which is doing well. I would go as far as saying FS@SWW is the next Ross.

[Anonymous]

The MS as well?

It's my understanding that the school is still 80% OOB and although the neighborhood is full of young families, unlike Ross the boundary will never support having enough kids to fill up from IB.

[Anonymous]

Ross is tiny and aren't the parents pretty involved?

[Anonymous]

Are any Ross families even going to FS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

That is especially impressive then. I imagine those testing grades skew higher than the overall 25% FARM rate as well. So what's the schools secret?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ross is tiny and aren't the parents pretty involved?

Very involved parents, active PTA, principal who uses full budget for FT & supplemental instructional staff. As far as OOB families, many are just a few streets out due to Ross's very small & odd shaped boundary line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MS as well?

It's my understanding that the school is still 80% OOB and although the neighborhood is full of young families, unlike Ross the boundary will never support having enough kids to fill up from IB.

The school is 51% IB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

OK, but aren't these 3 & 5th grade "OOB" kids from 1/2 mile away in Logan, Shaw, Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan and the like? Outwardly, they aren't dissimilar from the Dupont condo kids living 4 blocks away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

OK, but aren't these 3 & 5th grade "OOB" kids from 1/2 mile away in Logan, Shaw, Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan and the like? Outwardly, they aren't dissimilar from the Dupont condo kids living 4 blocks away.

This school is 70% AA. Do you think they come from Logan and Adams Morgan?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

OK, but aren't these 3 & 5th grade "OOB" kids from 1/2 mile away in Logan, Shaw, Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan and the like? Outwardly, they aren't dissimilar from the Dupont condo kids living 4 blocks away.

This school is 70% AA. Do you think they come from Logan and Adams Morgan?

Yes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

OK, but aren't these 3 & 5th grade "OOB" kids from 1/2 mile away in Logan, Shaw, Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan and the like? Outwardly, they aren't dissimilar from the Dupont condo kids living 4 blocks away.

This school is 70% AA. Do you think they come from Logan and Adams Morgan?

Yes!

Not sure where your numbers are from, but DCPS says Ross is 16% Black for the current school year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other interesting fact for the mix. The testing grades (3 & 5) last year were overwhelmingly OOB kids. So it's not primarily about rich Dupont Circle families (yet). The school has only just gone majority IB in 2014/15 and this won't flow through to the testing grades for another few years.

OK, but aren't these 3 & 5th grade "OOB" kids from 1/2 mile away in Logan, Shaw, Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan and the like? Outwardly, they aren't dissimilar from the Dupont condo kids living 4 blocks away.

This school is 70% AA. Do you think they come from Logan and Adams Morgan?

Ross is definitely not 70% AA.