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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, no attitude here just want know how to gather info. I hate the burbs and of European decent so we really don't understand US public school systems at all. [/quote]

Everyone is being rather grouchy, OP.

Here's the basic situation in DC: There are two groups of schools  DCPS (traditional public schools) and Charter schools. 46% of kids in the district attend charters -- so they are not insignificant.

Your kids can attend DCPS schools if you live in the boundaries for the school (IB), or if you lottery into an out-of-bounds spot (OOB).
Your kids can attend a charter school regardless of where they live (and it's up to you to get them there daily), but you must get a spot through the lottery as well.

Because DCPS schools generally reflect the makeup of their neighborhoods, and because in general higher-income kids perform better on tests, the schools in more affluent areas tend to have better test scores. Traditionally those include areas "West of the Park" in the leafy neighborhoods like Chevy Chase DC, AU Park, some parts of Capitol Hill, etc. That said, there are lots of up-and-coming schools with more mixed populations.

Charter schools are a horse of another color- and you need to look at them all individually. Many have language immersion, etc.

Your budget is $1M - so you are well poised to live in a WOTP neighborhood. I would start there.

How old are your kids?

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