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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's statistics.

In DC, white= higher probability of being high SES= higher probability of no/low issues in academics in progeny= higher probability that the school attended will be 'good'.

[b]Not because the school is actually good [/b]but because the load of issues that school might have to deal with is now significantly lower.

So if you are busy and have no time for deep analysis, a quick look at the demographics of the school will tell you how 'good' the school is.
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Not exactly, schools with many high-performnig students and active parents raising oodles to support better facilities than the municipality provides, and keeping tabs on this and that are indeed good ones.  But they aren't necessarily great.  I would argue that the level of dysfunction in both DCPS and DC Charter mitigates against any DC PS emerging as first rate.  The highest performing school, Lafayette, hasn't been renovated since the 1970s, is super crowded and doesn't have many interior walls.  DC's language immersion schools, both DCPS and charter, can't compete with the best immersion schools in the Metro area burbs, although their demographics can be similar.

You can get a good school with favorable demographics, but you need exceptional leadership, piles of money to bring in a big team of competent support staff, and a range of policies supporting excellence (e.g. conflict resolution programs, screening for giftedness, pullout groups, lotteries for native speakers, preference in admissions for the children of staff, commitment to arts programs, tracking done thoughtfully) to get a great one.  You can also get a good school with a predominantly low SES population.

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