Ross Elem?

[Anonymous]

Can a current PS 3/4 parent weigh in on this school. I feel like it kind of flies under the radar but the test scores are on par with Janney. Only 25% FARMS too. its lacking in facilities for sure and would a challenge on the commute but it may be worth adding to our short list. Would love to hear from current parents, are you plannig to stay at least through 4th?

[Anonymous]

It's grown in popularity in recent years and is almost impossible to get an OOB slot in recent years FYI

[Anonymous]

Flies under the radar? Seriously? Everyone I know would kill to get into Ross, but they don't take any OOB students (and waitlist some inbounds for PK3/PK4).

[Anonymous]

It's a great school goes into the 100s on its waitlist every year. The problem for OOB hopefuls (and the bonus for IB families) is that Ross is tiny, meaning statistically speaking it is near impossible to get into because there is just one or two classes of each grade.

[Anonymous]

Flies under the radar because applying via lottery is a waste of time. Nobody but IB can get in.

[Anonymous]

If you aren't IB, forget it. Move on.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Flies under the radar because not worth considering OOB. Unless you are IB, you have a better chance of getting in to LAMB,=.

[Anonymous]

Yes, pretty difficult to get into in the lower grades. Fantastic little school with just one class per grade, but a wait list of around 500. But in the upper grades it can be done.

[Anonymous]

only 45% of the students are OOB according to the website. Is it safe to assume thats all in the upper grades and the PS/PK are 100% IB now?

[Anonymous]

And even "OOB" is deceiving, since the boundary ends 2 blocks away in a couple of directions, so there are plenty of technically OOB kids who actually are very much neighborhood kids.

[Anonymous]

What would be the point if upper grades? The reason you can even get in is kids leave because there is no where to feed into.

[Anonymous]

Wild to see how many want to get into Ross these days. My son was the only caucasion in his K class in 2003. If you are living in the boundary of other NW elementary schools, get together with parents like we did way back when and make yours the next Ross! It's not that difficult. That said, Ross has been CHEATED out of a good feeder pattern forever -- Michelle Rhee and Co. refused to implement a Spanish-English immersion program which would have fed Ross easily into Oyster-Adams, then Wilson or wherever.

[Anonymous]

That's too bad to hear PP, sounds like that feeder pattern would have been perfect for OA as well

[Anonymous]

It's not under the radar. It's just impossible for the PS/PK years, and worthless by 4th.

[Anonymous]

That summarizes it PP.

Oh, and most people with two kids want more space than they can afford to be IB.