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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3:  Janney, with Mann as a close second.[/quote]

I would disagree with this.

My opinion (in order):
ward 1: Bancroft, Tubman
ward 2: Ross, Hyde
ward 3: Mann, Stoddert, Murch, Eaton, Oyster, Janney, Key, Hearst (can't go wrong in this ward)
ward 4: [b]Lafayette, Shepherd[/b]
ward 5: slim pickings as this is charter central but I'd say Burroughs
ward 6: Brent, Maury
wards 7&8 are pretty tough as they are also areas where good charters attract a lot of the high achievers[/quote]

I'd potentially switch that order around.  Maybe not for most people, but there are a subset who want a smaller and/or more diverse school (Shepherd is pretty diverse in the lower grades).  Shepherd has somewhere between 325-350 students, vs. like 700 kids at Lafayette, right?  Of course, I know families at Lafayette who have no interest in Shepherd.  I guess it's sort of like the Deal vs. Hardy comparison.[/quote]

You say Shepherd is diverse in the lower grades. [b]What about the upper grades? OP's kid is in second grade.[/b][/quote]

PP here.  I don't know about second grade in particular, but overall the school is listed as being 78% AA.  The upper grades are less diverse, and the early grades (esp. PK3/4) are extremely diverse, so I'd guess 2nd grade is somewhere in the middle of that distribution.[/quote]

Get real for a moment. There is no comparison. 
They are both equally un-diverse, though Shepherd is LESS diverse than Lafayette:

Shepherd is 78% black
Lafayette is 70% white

However, Lafayette's 2016 average passing PARCC score was[b] 75%[/b] while Shepherd's is [b]47%[/b].

If you want a smaller school, Shepherd holds appeal. But let's not presume that the school is "best" by any stretch of the imagination.

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PP that posted my original rankings. I happened to be a Shepherd family. I just want to point out that it's hard to compare test scores on face value as Shepherd is 1/3 poverty. You can't even compare subset scores of the group (to my knowledge) because Shepherd doesn't have enough in the subgroups to see. They are both lovely schools. Reality is, OP couldn't find housing in either neighborhood at that budget so it is a moot debate. Shepherd has virtually zero apartments and I believe the same for Lafayette. There will be apartments soon with the new Harris Teeter building which will be a great housing option for those looking for good DC schools and metro accessible. But I believe that is another 1-2 years out.[/quote]

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