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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's some highly gifted private school in Herndon, I believe.  It serves K-8.    Kind of far, but it's probably the best one.  I didn't think most DC  private schools had great gifted programs, but not sure.

MCPS HGC program is for the top 2-3% in the county, but it doesn't start until 4th grade.

Fairfax AAP is for the top some say 20%, but not sure about that number.  But it starts earlier in the 2nd grade.  Though, if it does serve a wider group, then I would be suspect of the level of the curriculum.[/quote]

Fairfax County level four is around the top 12-15%.  Some areas like McLean have far more, and other areas like Alexandria have far less.

The 20% number is probably what the bigger AAP areas serve.

Or, it could include all AAP qualified kids, which would be center level IV kid plus level III kids who stay at their base school and receive pull out services and/or accelerated math.

Really, OP, unless you are dripping with money you should go with Fairfax County instead of DC private school.  You would hate to invest tens of thousands of dollars on one child's educstion at great sacrifice for all your other kids.

In Fairfax County, ALL of your kids, including the one who tests gifted, can receive an exceptional education, better than available at almost all of the DC schools (excluding the very top most expensive privates) for free.

Nysmith is also said to be full of many kids who did not qualify for ffx AAP. I don't know if that is true or not but it is worth looking into.[/quote]

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