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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Yes - we only care about PK3 and 4. We intend to be in DC only 3 or so years. Language immersion in not important. Since we do have the flexibility to buy almost anywhere in DC, we would love to be strategic about it with regards to schools.[/quote]

Then you have a lot of good options.  What is your budget for the house, and where do you work?

The problem that you face is that PK3 is not guaranteed the way K and up is.  So at the good schools, it is great but only a small fraction of kids living in the boundary are admitted.  Therefore your sweet spot is a school that is not quite great, but still good enough for preschool (even if you wouldn't choose it for upper grades).  I would suggest you target the schools that admitted all or almost all of their in-boundary students for PK3.  In your sweet spot would be Cleveland (the English-only program), Seaton, Langley, Burroughs, Amidon-Bowen, Van Ness, SWW@FS, I'm sure there are others but those are the ones I know of.

https://dcps.dc.gov/page/my-school-dc-lottery-results  Data is here, but bear in mind that these are first-round lottery numbers.  A lot of the kids on the waitlist will get in by the time school starts.  Waitlist movement data is here: https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2446#!/vizhome/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData/MSDCPublicDisplay  (as of sometime in early June).

So basically you would pick your in-boundary school when you buy the house, then add to your lottery list other neighborhood schools that you might get into as an out-of-boundary student, and then fill out the rest of your list with charters and hope for a good number.

These schools are not very different from one another.  They are mostly high-poverty schools with a gentrifying preschool program.  So you are likely to be fine with most of them and should consider your budget and commute, not just schools.[/quote]

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