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[quote=Anonymous]A fundamental challenge for K-8s in this area is a shortage of slots at good local privates for grades 9-12.  Yes, there are some openings at 9th grade, but demand exceeds supply for the top 3/5/7/9 privates here.

Related, but somewhat separate, no top 3/5/7/9 school will fill all or most of its 9th openings from a single K-8.  So one’s 8th grader is also competing with other 8th graders attending the same school for those few desirable 9th grade openings.

Lastly, legacy relationships also impact outplacement successes.  A DC applying to a school whose mother/father attended (and has been donating to for years) will have an edge over an equally qualified applicant with no legacy relationships.

I totally believe that the better K-8s will have some students admitted at 9th grade to the top 3/5/7 schools.  No K-8 is likely to have many students accepted to any single one of those, and an unhooked student has very different odds of admission than a hooked student.

These are some of the reasons that why many academically sound, but unhooked, students start applying out to other schools for 7th or 8th grade.

If the K-8 supports greater differentiation/acceleration, for example via multiple (e.g., math, english, science, or history) tracks, then that helps the unhooked bright capable child stand out in a way that a less differentiated curriculum would not permit.  The flip side for the school is that less academically solid unhooked students might be more likely to leave early.  [/quote]

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