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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Banneker is definitely on my list for my geeky (white) DS who does not like sports and loves doing homework!  Maybe it will be easier for him to find a girlfriend there too :)  [/quote]

+1  It's the best high school in DC.   Basic proficiency scores are much higher than for Wilson.[/quote]
"Best" means different things for different people. Highest test scores, yes. Best social environment? Best well rounded students? Eh.[/quote]

Banneker does not have the highest scores in DC, not even close.[/quote]
Right, and wrong. 
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

Second highest average SAT after Walls.[/quote]

Right and right.

Walls is a universe ahead.

Banneker is a faaar second, much closer to Wilson (which doesn't kick out boys like Banneker does) and to McKinley than to Walls.[/quote]

SAT average of 1272 at Walls vs 1109 at Banneker is not that great of a difference [b]when you take the student body's SES into account.[/b] SAT scores are a reflection of parent education and wealth. A child of parents who attended college who are middle to upper middle class is going to score well on the SAT regardless of whether they go to SWW or Banneker.

People throw out the SAT thing as a fig leaf to hide their racism.[/quote]

If you're going to make a statement like that, you really should identify the differences in SES.  It appears that you are stating that the SES of kids at Walls is higher than at Banneker.  On what do you base that conclusion?  Or is it just an assumption?  Or is it just something you pulled out of your ass, in attempt to support Banneker?    [/quote]

Socio[b]-Economic[/b] Status (SES).

Banneker is a Title 1 school (determined by number who qualify for FARMS, which isn't reported publicly in DC anymore but is still submitted to the federal government for purposes of qualifying for Title 1 assistance, or not). Additionally 20% of the study body (97/486) is considered at-risk (receiving TANF, nutrition assistance and/or homeless or students in foster care). 97

Walls is not a Title 1 school. 12% of the student is at risk (73 of 61).
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