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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wilson is a big school. There are very rich and very poor kids from various parts of the city (those who live out of bounds got in to the school or its feeders through the lottery). Some kids are going to be fine there and others may feel lost or intimidated or just gravitate towards the worst-behaved peers. Since your kid is 6 there's no way to know precisely what she'll be like at 16.

If Wilson isn't your preference in the future you can do the lottery for charters or selective admissions schools. But if you want a guarantee of a high school with higher test scores and wealthier demographics you are going to have to look outside of DC.[/quote]

+1. Wilson is as good as you can get for a school in Washington, DC that you access by virtue of where you live. Deal has been stronger than Hardy, it's much larger. But Hardy is gaining quickly. By the time your kids are ready they will be equally strong.

If you want a better public, guaranteed option, you should consider North Arlington in Virginia or the Bethesda area of Montgomery County Maryland (start with schools in the boundary for Whitman High School). Neither of those suburban areas are a very difficult commute to the city and are in your price range with less uncertanty.

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All of this.  It comes down to how risk-averse you are.  I guess we were a little less risk-averse than some, since we moved here from the suburbs to buy our first home.

I would be a little hesitant to send my kid to Wilson now if I had a high school-aged kid (some of that has to do with the fact that we are POC, and I'd ideally want a high-performing group of kids that look like mine present at the school).  However, since we live in-boundary, we'll definitely consider it for my 2nd grader when the time comes, since I feel the current second graders at our Deal/Wilson feeder (and others) are a strong cohort.[/quote]

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