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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those avgs are sad like any mediocre, below avg high school.  I went to Stuy (where SES is middle to below middle for most) and am not familiar with DCPS or Banneker but does Banneker have an entrance exam like TJ?  I would guess not.
[/quote]Banneker does have an entrance exam, and rigorous entrance process. It is by far the op school in the DCPS system, and while Wilson or walls might have a higher SAT average, I would attribute that to the fact that (especially now) both of those schools tend to serve a higher-income demographic, not because they are any better then Banneker, just that their kids are more likely to have the money and time to take extensive SAT prep classes.[/quote]

Interesting...  The entrance exam and "rigorous entrance process" can't be too difficult based on their SAT scores:  It sounds like they expect their students to perform at grade level which should be the norm for any school.  At Stuy, the demographic was and still is middle to lower middle class and many private school kids take the entrance exam along with the plebs:)  Stuy did not lose kids to private schools but private schools lost their best and brightest to Stuy regardless of race/income.  I would guess it's the same for TJ.  When I went there, we compared our exmissions and SAT scores to the elite national prep schools like Exeter/Andover and the very top local prep schools like Mann/Trinity.  [/quote]

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