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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not rocket science, simply check PARCC scores.

They are beyond dismal, especially in math.[/quote]

Come on, a lot of HS kids in this city blow off the 10th grade PARCC.   They don't necessarily try to answer questions correctly, or don't try very hard anyway.  They and their families care about AP scores and SAT scores.  Why should they care about PARCC scores?  What's in it for them?  I say this without defending DE's standardized test scores or academics!

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Fair point and interesting theory.

Now go and look up AP and SAT scores.[/quote]

Ellington's average SAT scores is higher than the DCPS average (which is 913).

Why are we comparing Ellington scores with three schools that are selective based on academic achievement, when Ellington is selective based on artistic merit as a priority? And by the way Ellington routinely waitlists kids on the academic border until they get grades up, but it assumes that when kids get in they will they will thrive and do better. And to the OP's basic question on academics, could Ellington do better? Yes. But what parents love about Duke is that kids thrive in a socially and culturally safe, supportive and comfortable environment and thus tend to  achieve in academics later because of the intangibles.

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