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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such an entertaining discussion to read, as the parent of a high-scoring Banneker student.

If you have a smart kid looking for a demanding high school education, Banneker is an excellent choice.

If you are looking for a school full of affluent white kids, Banneker is not it. But you didn’t need SAT data to tell you that. [/quote]

+1, knowing multiple kids at both Walls and Banneker (would be thrilled if my own child got a spot either place, Banneker is much closer to where we live) the idea that Banneker kids are somehow inferior is laughable to me. Banneker is slightly larger and, yes, has a larger at risk population. No idea where the PP is getting SAT scores but I would assume that would account for the difference in scores. They are not directly equivalent populations. But the kids I know both places are all incredibly accomplished.[/quote]

The SAT difference is nearly 150 points. In the grand scheme of things, it’s a chasm. And you can find the average SAT scores lots of places, they’re publicly reported by the schools themselves. Just google. 
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More than 150. DC publishes the data. Walls vs Banneker.
23-24 it was 196 points
22-23 it was 221 points
21-22 it was 229 points

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Yes. There are a lot of other statistical measurements that might be helpful. Like a range so you can see top scores, even a median might be helpful. Because if Banneker has 25 percent of big need students and SAT is very correlated with poverty, 1/4 bad scores would bring down an average pretty quickly.

The fact that Banneker hasn't had NMSFs in recent years, but that Walls always has a handful, makes me think that top scorers do prefer Walls.
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I think what the numbers and discussion tell me is that Walls has more very high scoring kids and Banneker has more very low scoring kids.

The top quarter of Walls does not exist at Banneker, and the bottom quarter at Banneker does not exist at Walls.

I bet there are many kids in the middle who could fit in at either school.

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Here are the scores.  Banneker 1107 and Walls 1303.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/School%20Year%202023-2024%20SAT%20Scores_0.xlsx

First huge difference in the 2 schools, almost 200 points.  For a selective school, Bannekers average is very low.  If it’s 1107, then many kids are getting 1000, even below 1000.

Walls average is much better.  You have bottom kids getting 1100 which is not great and mediocre.  But at least you have kids at the top 1/4 getting 1400 plus which is not happening at Banneker at all.  Maybe an outlier here or there but nothing of significant numbers.

Agree with PP above that the top kids are choosing Walls over Banneker.  [/quote]

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