New to looking at Capitol Hill DCPS. Any majority high SES schools?

[Anonymous]

We are looking into buying on the hill and were wondering if there is an ES where the majority of students come from households with college educated parents. Race is not an issue, but education is. A school with high achieving diverse families would be great. I have seen lot of hype about Brent... If someone could give me the inside scoop I would appreciate it. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Only two Hill schools are mostly high-SES, Brent. and School Within a School at Logan (boundaries and future location up in the air). There was a long Brent thread a few months ago from which you could learn a lot.

Two Rivers is about 50-50 low-high.

Maury seems on track to become mostly high SES within 3 or 4 years while the percentage of high SES kids at Watkins is actually dropping.

[Anonymous]

There's hardly a single house around Maury that has sold for less than 700k recently ... I don't know what the school boundaries are exactly but it seems destined to be high ses eventually. (Full disclosure - we are in bounds for Maury!)

[Anonymous]

please, please, please don't let this thread devolve into a 25-page discussion about the feeder patterns for Maury and Brent

[Anonymous]

Maury will almost certainly not be Title I next year.

[Anonymous]

You want Brent, Maury, Peabody/ Watkins, School within a School at Logan, Montessori at Logan or else Spanish Immersion at Tyler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want Brent, Maury, Peabody/ Watkins, School within a School at Logan, Montessori at Logan or else Spanish Immersion at Tyler.

I agree that these are the schools you want to look at. Go to open houses (which are happening now) and talk to parents so you can get a feel for each school. I will say though that Montessori at logan won't be an option unless your child is 3 or coming from a prior Montessori program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want Brent, Maury, Peabody/ Watkins, School within a School at Logan, Montessori at Logan or else Spanish Immersion at Tyler.

What a dumb comment - you name practically every school on the Hill! Watkins is scary (every time we go to their playground after school I see wayward kids w/none to minimal supervision and zero respect for adults/me), and Tyler regular is regularly dissed on these boards as being totally segregated, i.e., low SES. So even if you are in Tyler Spanish immersion, the vast majority of the school is low SES.

Brent is the answer to your question, hands down. Every single kid in my daughter's class/comparable classes (pre-kindergarten range) appears to be high-SES/have highly educated parents.

[Anonymous]

Logan will take at the 4-y-o year too, but I agree that Brent is the strongest option if you are just looking for a high-SES level. Also a great school all around. Tyler has a huge mix, even in the Spanish program. Watkins too. SWS which is now at Logan Annex would be the other higher SES school (so that makes Brent, SWS, Logan).

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks for the replies. What boundaries/ demographics will SWS serve now that they have moved? If they go to lottery likely the quality will decline. Do others agree that Maury will soon have a low (below 20%) FARMS level and high scores? Per Brent, do students there go on many field trips? How often do they have music and art? How much outside time? Can the teachers focus on higher achieving students instead of being weighed down with behavior and remedial issues? Do many Brent students go to St. Peter's for middle school? We would be interested in St. Peter's too. Look forward to hearing more!

[Anonymous]

Also, does Brent allow in-bound students only? Are there any housing projects in-bounds? If you live in-bounds are you guaranteed a spot, or can they turn your child away?

[Anonymous]

SWS boundaries will not be set until the permanent location is chosen.

[Anonymous]

There are no housing projects in boundary for Brent. No out of boundary kids are in the earlier grades (other than a few mainly high SES out of boundary siblings). There aren't major behavior issues at the school. My kids have music and art once a week - both teachers are excellent. Outside time varies by grade - frankly I'd like my older kid to get outside more. If you are in boundary, you are guaranteed a kindergarten spot.

There aren't a lot of kids going from Brent to St Peter's. There are a few and a couple of families with kids in both schools. There are a lot of Brent families who go to St. Peter's church.

[Anonymous]

Ward 6 has the most housing projects in the area and with one of the largest located on Capitol Hill. So to find a public school with such a description, should have someone wonder who's excluding whom to get such SES title. Housing projects don't house singles without children. Where do the project kids attend neighborhood public schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the replies. What boundaries/ demographics will SWS serve now that they have moved? If they go to lottery likely the quality will decline. Do others agree that Maury will soon have a low (below 20%) FARMS level and high scores? Per Brent, do students there go on many field trips? How often do they have music and art? How much outside time? Can the teachers focus on higher achieving students instead of being weighed down with behavior and remedial issues? Do many Brent students go to St. Peter's for middle school? We would be interested in St. Peter's too. Look forward to hearing more!

You're serious? You sound like a troll. If you are bound and determined to keep your snowflake away from anyone of low-SES, then you're an idiot for pretending to be interested in DC. Go to MacLean. You are not going to happy in DC, Princess.