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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are priced out of Mt Pleasant, I think you might look into the Shaw/Eckington/Bloomingdale/Edgewood area.  Lots of families, we go to one of the DCPS school there and love it, very community/neighborhoody vibe, a pool if the pandemic ever lifts, proximity to interesting things and good restaurants, and you'll probably be able to get a yard.

Also, this gets complicated on a forum like this, but you may want to really look into what you need from your IB school, and it might be something other than the highest test scores.  Test scores say more about demographics than they do the quality of the teaching.  If you are educated, and the school is safe, odds are your kid will do well.  Middle schools are a hard thing to solve just about everywhere in the city (even in upper NW some people seem less than enthused), and a lot changes in 10 years, including feeder paths, so I would focus on elementary for now--you can always move to the Upper NW/suburbs later if you feel you need, or try the lottery if you like, or try the local catholic school.  The truth is, most of DCPS does a good job in elementary.  Much of the DCPS elementary schools also lose a lot of kids before middle school.  [/quote]

If you’re priced out of Mt. Pleasant, you’re priced out of Shaw, bloomingdale, and eckington, unless you’re willing to get a row house condo situation. Maybe Edgewood or brookland, but even those prices are quickly climbing over 850k for a SFH. [/quote]

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