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[quote=Anonymous]People mistake Latin’s extreme popularity and long waitlists with incredible academic excellence.  It’s been said before but worth repeating: Latin is extremely popular because it’s a good/average school which is so hard to find in DC where schools are either considered too rigorous or too full of students many years behind grade level.  (The list of truancy rates reflect just how many abysmal middle and high schools exist in DC). Many families on this forum have or think they have above average students but the fact is that most kids are average and the long waitlists at the Latins reflect the reality of most families in DC wanting something good/average for their students.

Latin’s middle school has better scores than its high school which could mean a number of things, but one of them could be that many people felt compelled to rank Latin first on their middle school lottery application simply due to its popularity even though their student was more of a BASIS-type and by high school realized that there might be a better fit (though clearly not BASIS at that point).  When new students enter Latin for high school it makes sense that the attrition, though not a lot, is enough to drop the scores because students can easily come from lower performing middle schools, of which there are plenty in DC.[/quote]

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