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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many different spins do we have to put on it?! We were looking for the "best schools" and the "best schools" in our mind were the ones with the best scores. Best scores come with high SES families and the areas of high rent or mortgage.
My kids is one of the economically disadvantage students, but I got him into best possible school my budget allowed. And I do recognize that it's not do doable for most. Studios here rent for more than many people make and they have a 2-person occupancy limit.
At our bigger condo, neighbor tried to get us evicted because he have 3 people living in (huge) 1-bedroom and according to him it's too many per some old bylaws. Would've never happened in low income housing /area.
So there is some self-segregating, but  there's also plenty of outside help. So the segregation continues.
I've helped 3 of my friends into good schools once I got into one. One got into Ross off the waitlist, one into Stoddert and one is moving to Oyster. 
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Why aren't the "best schools" the ones that can grow your kid the most?  That's not necessarily the ones with the best scores.  Some of the best scoring schools do a fantastic job on student growth and others are nothing special.  There are also schools that have moderate scores but show consistently above average growth.[/quote]

Why don't you pull the growth scores and show us the top 10 elementaries? [/quote]

Last time I looked I had to pull it individually from each school on the DCPS profiles page and charter PMF reports.  It's not easy, although it should be.[/quote]

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