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[quote=Anonymous]First rule of Key... don't post on DCUM about Key.

Half-serious - it's a close-knit community.

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Key+Elementary+School
http://keyschooldc.org/dcps/

The Palisades really is an fairly isolated area of the city - so it does have a 'small town in the city' and neighborhood feel to it - which is probably what is most different than the others you mentioned.  Lots of community-feeling events, drop off on the playground, quiet area.  Awesome playground where lots of kids congregate & two blocks from the Palisades Rec Center/Park which is also a neighborhood kid hub.  About half of the kids who live in-boundary for the school go to Key & half to privates.  About 10% OOB kids.  It's a great schools - smaller overall size that Janney, Murch, Lafeyette - a little smaller than Stoddert, a little bigger than Mann.  On par/in-range test scores with other JKLMs, a little more diversity than Janney & Lafayette & Mann - on par with Murch & Stoddert.  Class size around 20 (pre-k 4s all have a limit of 20, there were a number of families who didn't get in this year), 3 kindergarten classes 21-24 kids - which was the biggest in years.  Great teachers, great principal, involved parents.  5th grades are in semi-permanent trailers, which most people don't mind.  Biggest downside for us is the feeder pattern to Hardy for Middle School - which is rising but not on par with the performance of the feeder elementary schools yet - but there's a lot of optimism building for it - but currently only about 10 or so(?) kids went there from Key last year & as of know lots of families start heading to privates or charters in 5th grade - which could impact your longer-term calculations. [/quote]

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