What percent of your block/neighborhood goes to private?

[Anonymous]

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Zip code Market Pvt School% Students

20007 Georgetown/Foxhall 58.3% 1,185
20008 Woodley Park 55.2% 1,182
20015 CC-DC 46.1% 1,400
20016 Palisades/SV 41.9% 1,855
20815 CC-MD 39.4% 1,951
20818 Cabin John 35.6% 128
22314 Old Town 35.0% 637
20814 Downtown Bethesda 35.0% 1,332
22302 Rosemont 34.6% 776
22307 Belle Haven 33.9% 533
20816 Bethesda 29.7% 1,060
20817 Bethesda 29.7% 2,201
20895 Kensington 27.9% 998
20854 Potomac 26.3% 2,729
22102 Spring Hill 26.0% 1,042
22301 Del Ray 24.5% 425
22101 McLean 24.3% 1,620
22066 Great Falls 22.5% 946
Super Zips 32.4% 22,000

Total DC Area 13.5% 86,143

Most likely this is completely made up and the poster is having a bit of fun.

Not PP. I expect it is sourced but the source is a third-party estimate from 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.

Also in Baltimore. Possibly not 100% but close.

I knew a couple similar to the bolded who were very, very vocal about sending their (at that point theoretical) children to the local city school, and how awful it is when people don’t support the neighborhood school, and just lots of “social justice ally” posturing in that regard. Welp, they had a kid not long after that…guess what school she doesn’t attend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how frequent it is the send children to private from Mclean/Great Falls?

Quite common, especially in the part of McLean north of 123. Somewhat less common in Great Falls or McLean south of 123.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are all these private school spots? My kid is in a DC private (one of the so-called Big3) and there are only 580 or so spots. Where are these thousands and thousands of spots?

There are at least 30 DC area privates, which would account for 17,000. There are also families who send their kids to boarding, which is also a small but significant number.

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Anonymous wrote:Something over 75% public in my niegborhood: Rosemary Hills in Silver Spring. Pretty much everyone moved here so they can be in the Bethesda Chevy Chase cluster.

Interesting. My parents sent me to private so I didn’t have to go to rosemary hills.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Also in Baltimore. Possibly not 100% but close.

I knew a couple similar to the bolded who were very, very vocal about sending their (at that point theoretical) children to the local city school, and how awful it is when people don’t support the neighborhood school, and just lots of “social justice ally” posturing in that regard. Welp, they had a kid not long after that…guess what school she doesn’t attend?

Also Baltimore area and we did public for as long as we could stand it but are now switching to private. I probably should have listened to friends who encouraged us to buy a house in hoco for the better public schools, but once we got settled in we didn’t want to move.

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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.

I think it depends on the parents more. We inherited our home, didn’t buy in. We are far far less affluent than our neighbors.

[Anonymous]

NE DC - I'd say 10% or so for elementary. Parents send their kids to the charters. You see things break off at middle school. Many families don't stay, but if they do more than half attend privates. There are a lot of families here who will preach public schooling until they're blue in the face then bail for private as soon as that promotion or inheritance comes through.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how frequent it is the send children to private from Mclean/Great Falls?

Quite common, especially in the part of McLean north of 123. Somewhat less common in Great Falls or McLean south of 123.

Interesting… wonder why that is. Maybe because it is more affluent?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are all these private school spots? My kid is in a DC private (one of the so-called Big3) and there are only 580 or so spots. Where are these thousands and thousands of spots?

There are at least 30 DC area privates, which would account for 17,000. There are also families who send their kids to boarding, which is also a small but significant number.

There must be more than 30 when you include Catholic schools. There are lots of Catholic schools, likely with tens of thousands of slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:35-40% in Donaldson Run.

Resurrecting this thread. This was super interesting to me! Is it because it's easier to get to the District and the schools there?

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Anonymous wrote:Zero. I’m in an expensive but not the one of the most expensive neighborhood in Arlington.

Interesting, a neighborhood in Jamestown is around 30-35% private.

This. On my block in nottingham district, I count 9 in private and 7 in public.

Also intersted in this. What private schools are people in Jamestown and Nottingham attending?

[Anonymous]

How does anyone know this? You know everyone on your block?

[Anonymous]

It has definitely increased. 30% at least in Great Falls. Only about half actually go to Langley

[Anonymous]

Bethesda (inside the Beltway). On our block it was 90% private last year, some housing turnover, so now about 75%.