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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, who I’m sure is a nice student. When I moved to Petworth in 2008, the first thing all of the long time families who had lived there for generations told me was that they knew all the trick and could help me get our kids out of the local public school.[/quote]

Since the lottery, there are no tricks, and many in Petworth actually attend the local elementary these days.[/quote]

Not really. You can see here the IB participation rate and it isn’t high for schools in Petworth.

https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx[/quote]

I am not as familiar with that neighborhood, but I believe Powell is in Petworth? 58% of their students are in boundary, and 65% of Barnard's students are in boundary. And both of these schools capture about 30-40% of the students that live in their boundary. In a city with a lot of school choice, that percent of neighborhood kids attending a school is on the higher end of average.

I realize that detail is not the point of this thread, but for the OP - if you want to understand the school landscape in DC, this website has a lot of great data (including that link above) https://edscape.dc.gov/[/quote]

30-40 percent seems about as high as you’d ever expect for lower-tier but not basement level DCPS elementary schools.[/quote]

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