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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The income threshold is so high, how could only 5,057 students have used this last year? Do they cap the # of kids that can use this?[/quote]You’re overestimating the number of college-going kids in DC.

5,000 would be equal to 1,250 students per graduating class (assuming the students who take five years to graduate are offset by those who finish or drop out early).

In the class of 2025, according to the College Board, there were only 1,646 DC students who met the “college ready” benchmarks on both sections of the SAT. That group probably includes all the kids whose families exceed the income threshold. That group also includes non-residents, eg Maryland and Virginia residents who attend private school in DC, virtually all of whom are probably testing as “college ready,” and none of whom are eligible for DCTAG. TAG is also not available for kids attending private colleges (except the handful of private colleges located in DC proper). And obviously anyone with a full tuition scholarship is not using DCTAG.

It is a fixed pot of money, so in theory it can run out, but the size of the pot is pretty reasonable given the size of the population actually using it.  [/quote]

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