What percent of your block/neighborhood goes to private?

[Anonymous]

3 kids in zoned public, 5 in catholic, 2 in jewish, 1 in independent fancy, 1 in public but magnet
MoCo

[Anonymous]

NWDC block in Murch zone: 100% public, including the now-empty nesters' kids, except one Catholic family that chose a Catholic high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NWDC block in Murch zone: 100% public, including the now-empty nesters' kids, except one Catholic family that chose a Catholic high school.

For only elementary or for middle and high school as well?

[Anonymous]

Sumner, Bethesda. My block is 75% private, but overall I think the neighborhood is probably 75% public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NWDC block in Murch zone: 100% public, including the now-empty nesters' kids, except one Catholic family that chose a Catholic high school.

For only elementary or for middle and high school as well?

Seemed clear. All public all the way, except for one for high school.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria- our section about 15% for elementary school (most attend Waynewood). Increased to maybe 35% in HS. Pretty variable from section to section.

This is probably a slight increase (to various privates) from 10, even 5 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Up in Baltimore in Mt Washington. Pretty much 100%, though done young families have moved in and suggested they will try local public initially.

Same in Baltimore (Lauraville) and every child on my street goes to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Close-in/walkable N. Arlington. There really has been a significant uptick in the past 5 years. It used to be about 1/8th of the hood, now its close to 50%. Some wait until high school. I'm not sure if it's that the neighborhood has turned into a $2.5-3 million price tag for a new home or if it's because of the result of Covid and dissatisfaction with the results of that. Probably a combo of both. What I keep hearing from people that have kids college/post-college with another kid still in the APS system is what a downhill turn it has been.

Interesting. Which neighborhood?

We are in a similar neighborhood and the % is closer to 20-25%, up some from pre-covid, but still not 50%.

[Anonymous]

None that I’m aware of. In our last neighborhood the private school fams didn’t mix with us 🙄 (Beverly Hill, Alexandria)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria- our section about 15% for elementary school (most attend Waynewood). Increased to maybe 35% in HS. Pretty variable from section to section.

This is probably a slight increase (to various privates) from 10, even 5 years ago.

Does it tend to be higher in Alexandria City or Fairfax County?

[Anonymous]

It was significant and then after Covid got more so. Even people left high school for 10th grade private schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was significant and then after Covid got more so. Even people left high school for 10th grade private schools

What neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Westover, Arlington. I have elementary age kids and we know 2-3 families at Congressional and 4-5 families split between St Agnes, St Ann, and St Thomas. One more family we know is contemplating private middle school for their autistic child. We know 1 family each at Montessori, ATS and Key - the countywide option schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None that I’m aware of. In our last neighborhood the private school fams didn’t mix with us 🙄 (Beverly Hill, Alexandria)

That’s unfortunate. We are in BevHills, with kids in public and private (mixed household) and all the kids in the surrounding streets, from public and a variety of privates, play together regularly.

[Anonymous]

90+% in Georgetown (DC)