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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your chance of getting into Ludlow over the summer in-boundary off the waitlist is pretty good. That’s because based on this year’s data, all in-boundary kids got an immediate match in the lottery, so once you become in-boundary, if they make any waitlist offer at that point, it will go to you. You have no chance of getting into Maury using this strategy because lots of in-boundary kids get shut out in PK4.

So I would move to L-T boundary and then also rank Peabody, Appletree, Miner. Peabody lets lots of out of boundary kids in for PK4, so you have a decent chance of getting into Peabody even without in-boundary preference. Miner has a nice new PK-only building and lets everyone in for PK4. [/quote]

Thank you, super helpful! From what I’ve read, L-T is also great for elementary, right? Maybe not as coveted as Maury though? We will probably sign a one or two year lease but would love to start building our school community asap. My younger child would enter PK3 when older one is entering first so thinking about that too.[/quote]

"Coveted" doesn't always mean best for you. Consider what factors are most important to you and do your research. Socioeconomic and racial demographics vary wildly across elementary schools even just a couple of blocks apart. Test scores too. [b]And since test scores are correlated with demographics, a school with really good test scores and 5% of students "at risk" might actually have worse teaching than the school with pretty good test scores and 25% of students "at risk"[/b].

DC Report Card is a good starting place for this sort of stuff. https://schoolreportcard.dc.gov/home[/quote]

This literally makes no sense and doesn’t reflect this on the school report card [/quote]

Couple things to respond do in this thread - so in no particular order.

Lots of research to back the test score and socioeconomic statements above - and if you are at a school with little to know at risk population, it is very true that teaching can be substandard, but test scores will still be OK due to external variables. If you want to get into the data of quality teaching that is helping all kids improve, look at resources like https://www.dcboldschools.org/. But since you will only be here a few years in early elementary, this may not be much of an issue/concern anyway.

Second, while Peabody is a 'neighborhood' school, due to a decades old gerrymandered boundary that cuts across the whole Capitol Hill, you could be in bounds and be 1.5 miles away from somebody else who lives in bounds. The other school boundaries are much smaller/regular shaped, so the proximity to classmates is much more noticeable.

Agree to look at which schools are in swing space, and while LT and Maury are both good options, I think Payne's boundary/school community has some significant advantages too. It is a small boundary, near metro/bus access, near bike lanes and a grocery store and walkable to other restaurants/retail, but not too close to any that it impacts parking etc. [/quote]

As someone who is IB to Peabody/Watkins but has proximity preference to Payne, this is overall a very good take. [/quote]

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