Where should we move for the best elementary schools?

[Anonymous]

A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

A number? No. One? Maybe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

A number? No. One? Maybe.

The number is three: Brent, SWS, and Maury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

A number? No. One? Maybe.

The number is three: Brent, SWS, and Maury.

And you can only access two of them by moving (OP disregard SWS which isn't a neighborhood school).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

A number? No. One? Maybe.

The number is three: Brent, SWS, and Maury.

And you can only access two of them by moving (OP disregard SWS which isn't a neighborhood school).

And while scores aren't everything, Maury is still in a different league when it comes to those.

[Anonymous]

If you want metro accessibility as a priority, then agree that Janney (1 block from metro) and Murch (6 blocks) are the best bets. Some parts of Lafayette are walkable to the metro but those houses are probably too far to walk to school on a daily basis (at least a mile, if not more). Also if thinking long term, plenty of homes in-bounds for Janney/Murch are walkable to Deal middle school and the kids can walk/bike on their own. The downside is that these are big, crowded schools, and Deal is very crowded as well. Ross in Dupont Circle is good, but I don't think you can buy a SFH with that budget and also the middle school option is not great and most parents try their luck with the charter lottery or move.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A number of elementary schools on Capitol Hill are as good as any WOTP. If your kids are approaching middle school I'd move elsewhere, but otherwise Capitol Hill is an amazing neighborhood bursting with families.

A number? No. One? Maybe.

The number is three: Brent, SWS, and Maury.

And you can only access two of them by moving (OP disregard SWS which isn't a neighborhood school).

And while scores aren't everything, Maury is still in a different league when it comes to those.

Which brings us back to one, Brent. Even Brent's scores when you look at non Farm or white are pretty eh.

[Anonymous]

Janney is big but individual class sizes are small... my first grader has 21 in her class and my fourth grader has 24.
The community is great and down-to-earth. There are some posters on here who love to talk about Janney parents as being crazy but honestly I have never encountered that and have been an active part of the school for 6 years.

[Anonymous]

If you are open to a townhouse there are a few communities across the street from Mann within your budget. Tons of families from the school live there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janney is big but individual class sizes are small... my first grader has 21 in her class and my fourth grader has 24.
The community is great and down-to-earth. There are some posters on here who love to talk about Janney parents as being crazy but honestly I have never encountered that and have been an active part of the school for 6 years.

+1 for Murch as well. Individual classes no more than 22-23.

[Anonymous]

While Hearst is a bit further from the metro, I would include it in your list. It is a much smaller school (300 kids) and a tight-knit community. Some parents walk from there to the metro-- it's certainly not as convenient as Janney but doable. Others take a bus, there is an express that runs down Wisconsin that gets you to Dupont/Farragut pretty quickly.