Single Dad with Pre K3 Daughter Moving to DC for 3 Years, Where to Live?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To your question of whether there's a difference between St Albans, Tubman, Dorothy Height, Appletree and Meridian--YES, the former is a private school where most of the families are wealthy, white, and highly educated. The others are public schools (DC or charter) where most of the families are low-income, not white, and less likely to have college/graduate degrees. Your kid could have great teachers at any of them, and I know people who had good experiences at Appletree and Height. The curricula are different. The cost is different. The schedules are different. Which one is best for your kid is a separate question, but they are definitely different.

He is asking about the difference between SAECC, a daycare center that offers free PreK, and the charters that offer free PreK. He is not thinking of sending his 3 year old daughter to STA which is a private school for boys that starts in 4th grade, and matches your description as a school for children from rich families.

SAECC may participate in PKEEP, but it is still a private school. It runs on a different schedule than DCPS or charters. It gives priority to its current students for PKEEP, and the current students all pay over $2000 a month (unless they qualify for a voucher; SAECC does accept them). You can look at the pictures on the website to get a sense of the demographics of the school. Compared to the public schools on the list, which are each under 7% white and have at-risk percentages from 30 (Appletree) to 55% (Tubman) there is a clear difference.