Eaton vs. Stoddert vs. H. Mann vs. Hearst Elementary Schools

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if what you value is high test scores and a student body of mostly high SES families, then Mann is your best bet.

The three other schools are excellent with great afterschool offerings and an active PTAs, but have lower test scores and a more economically diverse population.

It really just depends what you are looking for.

This is accurate. Our kids are OOB at Hearst. Mann is one of the vaunted "JKLMM" schools. Any of the four you named would be good. We have a high-performing student and one that has been needing more attention to get to proficient and have been getting elp from the teacher and feedback on what to try at home. We love the enrichment activities after school right there on campus, like Stoddert and rec sports, karate, dance, choir, robotics, fun classes like cooking for K-1st.
I would make time to tour each school/facility and think about what you will be comfortable with, ask about extras and aftercare, do a "test run commute" and check them out during dropoff. Our old school was a highly effective DCPS in Ward 4 that is heavy with Title 1 kids. The facility was surprisingly nice, the teachers were great, the meals and aftercare were cheap/free, and there were a lot of smart kids there, but we couldn't resist the involved PTA, higher test score peer group, Deal feeder, and ancient-oak lined playing field.

It's "JKLM" with just one 'M,' for Mann. And while I've heard Murch described as decent, "vaunted" is a new one. Bootstrapping Murch on to that group reminds me of the realtors who try to rebrand less-choice areas as "North Georgetown" or "North Potomac."

It is beyond me how Janney gets all the hate when you have asshat posters like this from Mann all the time on here.

I find it fascinating that both Janney and Mann scored amongst the lowest with white performance with both PARCC and DCCAS.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks everyone for your very useful feedback. So, it seems it will be either Eaton or Hearst. I actually was hoping for H. Mann, but that's probably not going to happen.
Other consideration is to move to Montgomery County by the time kid starts Kindergarten. Though I am getting conflicting feedback on Montgomery County schools now.

Hearst or Eaton are fantastic schools. I love the community vibes of the school. Id take either of those schools over any Montgomery county school. Class size in Montgomery are enough for me to not consider.

Decent schools, most times good ones? Sure. But "fantastic"? No.

--JE parent.

OP please ignore this PP. They spoke too soon. Janney is a solid school. You will see a lot more boosters from that school simply because they are 2-3 times larger than the rest so it's a squeaky wheel situation.

Repost from other thread regarding test scores that came out yesterday. Janney was almost last of the schools that had more than 25 white students take the test. They appear like they are first because they have very little poor students so those average doesn't go down like the other schools. Look at the rankings below. Eaton and Stoddert are both solid (and dare I say FANTASTIC) choices as are Hearst and Mann.

AVERAGE English and math white performance citywide:
Oyster Adams Bilingual School 84.65%
Eaton ES 82.80%
Stoddert ES 82.15%
Watkins ES Capitol Hill Cluster 80.80%
Washington Yu Ying PCS 79.75%
Maury ES 79.15%
Lafayette ES 78.70%
Two Rivers PCS 78.55%
Murch ES 77.05%
Mann ES 76.75%
Janney ES 76.00%
Hearst ES 75.00%
Key ES 72.85%
Brent ES 72.75%
Hyde Addison ES 69.15%

I just want to point out that a lot of schools don't meet the 25 student white minimum criteria, so you can't compare them to this list.