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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a canard that high-performing kids leave DCPS for suburban or private schools. The average SAT math score for white kids in DCPS (601) is actually higher than the average SAT math score for (demographically very similar) white kids in FCPS (591). The average SAT math score for all white kids in DC, including charter and private school kids as well as DCPS, is 602.

Data:
DCPS, [url]https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/School%20Year%202022-2023%20SAT%20Scores.xlsx[/url].
FCPS, [url]https://www.fcps.edu/news/fairfax-county-students-continue-outperform-sat-state-and-global-averages[/url].
All DC, [url]https://reports.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/2023-district-of-columbia-sat-suite-of-assessments-annual-report.pdf[/url].[/quote]

If your kid is great in math, probably the best strategy is to move to Fairfax and try for TJ.

Otherwise, there isn't much difference between Walt Whitman (best high school in MoCo) and BASIS/Walls.

The problem is that your kid may not get into BASIS for 5th in the lottery and may flame out for Walls given the current admission requirements (e.g., GPA over a certain threshold, teacher recs, and short interview).

Note that 22% of Asians get a 750 or higher on the math SAT but only 4% of whites.  So, average math SAT scores will be a lot higher at schools with a lot of Asian kids (e.g., TJ).

Average SAT math score for selected schools:

TJ 780
BASIS DC 660
Whitman 659
Walls 650[/quote]

Highly unlikely that you make it into TJ and your kid will probably struggle to have a decent class rank coming out of TJ even if you did. [/quote]

"Highly unlikely"?  Based on what?

If you have a 4.0 kid from an underrepresented FCPS middle school, your chances are very good.

For the class of 2028:

-550 admitted out of 2627 applications (21%)
-average MS GPA 3.911
-advantage given to kids applying from underrepresented middle schools
-there is at least one student from every FCPS middle school

Who cares about class rank?  TJ has the best college admissions of any public high school in the DMV

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