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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boundary participation rates (% public school students [PK3-5th] living in boundary and attending) (SY13-14)

Powell = 27%
West = 22%

What boundary participation rate can we expect for MacFarland in 2017?

http://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/Powell%20ES.pdf
http://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/publication/attachments/West%20EC.pdf[/quote]

Those numbers don't seem right.
West is 39%
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/west+education+campus

Powell is 54%
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/powell+Elementary+School

But what's your point?  Some of our best parents are OOB and come from across the city.[/quote]
I believe your in-boundary numbers reflect the percentage of total students at the school who live in-boundary.  The boundary participation numbers I posted reflect the percentage of students who live in-boundary and choose to attend the school (as opposed to seeking out some other school).  The boundary participation rates for Powell and West suggest that those schools are attracting some neighborhood families, and have lots of room to attract more.

In other neighborhoods, where both the elementary and the middle school are strong, the boundary participation rates are high at both levels, because lots of kids move from the DCPS elementary to the DCPS middle school: Lafayette 91%, Deal 83%.  In other neighborhoods where the elementary is strong, but people are less excited about the middle school, you can see a dropoff from elementary to middle: Key 88%, Hardy 32%.

When MacFarland opens in 2017, and lots of families have a choice between Macfarland and Deal, I'm wondering how many will choose MacFarland.  Will the boundary participation rate be at least in the 25% range we see for Powell and West?  Or will it drop lower because lots of families will choose Deal or some other school?[/quote]

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