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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Yale part is more true than the jail part.

This is for the class of 2016: http://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2011/4/15/39942607/Wilsonprofile2016-17webreduced.pdf

Mind you, this is where they actually went. Kids get into schools hoping for financial aid packages that may not work out, or they get a full ride to a less prestigious school and take it (smart move).[/quote]

Thanks for including this link (we are IB for Wilson, but with an early elementary kid).  Anyone know the graduation rate at Wilson?[/quote]

Sorry, hit submit too soon.  Also the % who went to a 4-year college?[/quote]
the link has the % to 4 year colleges (68%) but not graduation rate. Although if you look at the enrollment numbers by grade - 398 seniors, 447 juniors, 458 sophomores and 520 freshmen it does seem to indicate there is a large drop off in numbers from freshmen to senior.[/quote]

Actually, that is the size of each class, which shows that enrollment has been increasing steadily each year, not that kids are dropping out. It's not like every class started at 520 and dropped to 398. More kids are staying in DCPS, so each class is increasing in size, which is why they have been adjusting boundaries. Same with Deal MS. Next year the 7th and 6th grades will have 5 teams instead of 4 due to increased enrollment. Same with the elementary feeders, which is why they are building the schools to higher capacities. Each class gets bigger.[/quote]

Each incoming class does get bigger - but as each class progresses there is drop-off over the 4-years. So the incoming freshman class of 520 will definitely have less students when they graduate. The OSSE enrollment numbers bear this out but I don't think that is so unusual for public high schools.

Also important to point out that Wilson families can see where students apply, accept and enroll over the last few years by using Naviance.  The list of colleges is just a small snapshot. So for example for the 2016 graduates applying to HYP - 9 students applied to Princeton, 1 was accepted and 0 enrolled.  Harvard 12 applied, 2 were accepted and 2 enrolled.  Yale 10 applied, 1 was accepted and 1 enrolled.   [/quote]

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