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[quote=Anonymous]Data I have found appear difficult to compare because Deal is a middle school and all of the Ward 5 schools are set up as PK-8 campuses.

Even if you could compare grade-level enrollment data, you would have to compare enrollment rates and enrollment trends in the two wards, where there is a complex interaction.

For example, private school enrollment is high west of the Park and only gets higher as you get to middle school.  The original poster sounds like he or she is implying that greater middle school enrollment would occur if there were additional middle schools west of the Park.  But it's possible that in-boundary enrollment would not increase; a decrease in crowding could be another outcome.  It is also possible that greater capacity would just lead to a greater flow from east to west as kids move toward new facilities, even though that kind of move does not seem like a good use of resources.

Also, according to the recent Post article on options for Ward 5 middle schools, many Ward 5 students leave once they reach middle school age.  I presume we generally aren't talking about leaving DCPS and going to private schools, given their cost and Ward 5 incomes.  We are talking about students going to the better-performing middle schools west of the Park, like Deal or Hardy, or charters.  So drawing out-of-boundary students into good Ward 5 middle schools might ease some crowding in Ward 3 middle schools.

Just a few thoughts.[/quote]

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