What are the differences between the JLKMs?
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Mann has chickens now, also. |
Anonymous
Damn - I think the value of my AU Park Colonial just dropped by 100k. |
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| Eaton has the strongest PARCC results for students of color. Although note that the data set includes multiple schools that didn’t have enough students of color to be statistically significant. |
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Most of the chatter about "best" school comes from parents wanting their school to be "best." When the kids get to middle school, you will not see a difference in how prepared they are. If some of them apply to private schools, you will not see a difference in results based on academics. The same child will perform the same way at any one of these schools.
So if you are house hunting, choose the house you like best. If you are making a lottery list, visit them all, list according to your feel for the school, and light candles in your church or perform some sort of voodoo! |
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| As a J Family - we loved the feel of Murch. Hindsight is 20/20 the diversity that is at Murch is something that we would have preferred. |
Anonymous
| Buy the house you like. That's the real challenge here. |
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Tier I Schools (Very involved PTA, Extremely High Fundraising, Motivated Students, High PARCC Test Scores)
=================================================================== Janney Elementary School Lafayette Elementary School Brent Elementary School Murch Elementary School Mann Elementary School Key Elementary School Hearst Elementary School Ross Elementary School Eaton Elementary School Stoddert Elementary School Tier II Schools (Very Involved PTA, High Fundraising, Motivated Students, Decent PARCC Test Scores) =============================================================== Capitol Hill Montessori School Hyde ? Addison Elementary School Van Ness Elementary School * (No Test Scores yet) Maury Elementary School Oyster ? Adams Bilingual School Shepherd Elementary School Watkins Elementary School Peabody Elementary School * (No Test Scores) Ludlow -Taylor Elementary School |
Anonymous
Oh my. I guess I shouldn't count them before they all hatch. |
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| The schools do have meaningful differences in size, diversity, and personality, with personality being somewhat a function of the principal. |
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While slightly less relevant, JKLM still means something as they're the schools that are at 70-80% of "met expectations" on PARCC. Despite being in wealthy areas, Brent, Stoddert, Eaton, and Hearst are still at the ~60% goal of met expectations on PARCC - mostly due to lots of the kids in those areas going to private schools. That puts them more appropriately in the grouping with the second bunch, who are at the 60%ish percentage mark. I think that second group looks more like: Brent Elementary School Eaton Elementary School Hearst Elementary School Hyde Addison Elementary School Maury Elementary School Oyster Adams Bilingual School Shepherd Elementary School Stoddert Elementary School Out of these group, Shepherd and Oyster Adams are of particular note for high performance as they're both majority-minority, which may be particularly appealing for some. I'd put the third group as potential - but still a ways to go/a lot to prove/no real results yet: Capitol Hill Montessori Marie Reed Elementary School Watkins Elementary School Peabody Elementary School Thomson Elementary School School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens Ludlow -Taylor Elementary School |
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Mann fortunately feeds into Hardy, while Janney feeds into overcrowded Deal. Murch is awesome, and Stoddert and Ross are in the top drawer. Something to consider- Janney parents become Deal parents. If you are looking for good teachers, OP, look how lower SES kids are doing at those schools. Only a few schools have that info available though. |
Anonymous
PP here - correction, Stoddert should be in that top JKLMM(S) tier 
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I don't understand. Stoddert had the highest Parcc scores combined in 2017. Ela 83% and math 84%. How many years do they need to beat JKLM to get to fist group in your eyes? |
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Class size.
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As has been discussed in previous Ward 6 threads, you have to consider the achievement gap when discussing PARCC scores. For example, Ludlow Taylor has pretty great PARCC scores for Black/African American students compared to the rest of the city or the rest of Ward 6. Their ELA scores for AA students beat every school on your top two lists. If we are discussing PARCC scores, they don't have much to prove. They don't yet have an N greater than 25 to measure white students. |