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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly wealthy? Not that many TBH. If you live in Upper NW and have the money, you are more than likely to send your kid to private than JR. Are there exceptions? Of course. But the majority of Upper NW wealth goes to private (even if they went to public for elementary and middle). [/quote]

As always, definitions matter. 95th percentile household income in DC is something like 425k. Many families at JR are at and above that range. So if you define wealth as top 5% in DC, there’s lots of wealth at JR.

Which is not the same as saying that it’s not an extremely socioeconomically diverse school—it is! But I’m not sure there’s evidence to support the assertion that people who can afford private but choose JR are “exceptions.”[/quote]

Somewhere north of 75% of the JR IB families send their kids to schools outside DCPS and I think it's safe to assume that most go private. That feels like pretty good evidence of families choosing to look elsewhere to me. As for 'many families' earning 425K - what do you base that on? As a former Wilson/JR parent, I'd find that very hard to believe. Sure, there are some. [b]But I'd suggest there are many, many more families earning well under 100k.[/b][/quote]

I certainly do not dispute the bolded point.

And I’m interested in the “north of 75% figure”—what’s the source for this? I find it hard to believe—especially considering the portion of families in our high-income neighborhood with kids at JR or Walls.

Finally, the “many families” earning $425K+ reflects our experience as a current JR family, and many other JR families we know, some of whom since our kids were in pre-K. Lots of two-income professional families: law firm partners, tech folks, consulting firm execs, fed SES, etc. I don’t contend that this group is a majority of JR families, but it’s well-represented.[/quote]

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