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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC High Schools:  
Neighborhood Schools to consider:   Wilson
Note - it is a large urban school.   There are lots of things that break it into a smaller feel - but it is still a large urban school.

DC Public application schools:    School without Walls, Ellington School of the Arts, Banneker (Math and Science Focus)       All of these are smaller and depending on your child can be a fit.

DC Private Schools - many

DC Middle Schools:   
Neighborhood Schools to consider: Most in demand are Hardy and Deal.   They are both fine.  Deal is larger than Hardy and has a longer track record for high performance.   By the time you are considering Middle School they will be comparable.

Elementary Schools:
Any that feed into Deal and Hardy are solid.   Most of the housing stock that feeds Hyde and Stoddert elementary school is smaller and probably not fit your family / budget.    Housing that feeds Key, Mann and Shepherd  elementary schools is not as easily accessible to metro / public transportation.   Parts of Lafayette are also far for metro.

There are public charter schools and that is another conversation.
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Given that your job will require you to drive around NE and SE, I would recommend staying away for Key Elementary boundaries.

Also - rarely talked about is that Bancroft elementary feeds Deal.   In my opinion - if there is any restructuring of school feeder patterns, Bancroft might get moved since in is a dual language program (Spanish/English) and there is a new middle school that has a collection of students from dual language elementary schools.   This is only my opinion, someone else will chime in to say it will never happen.

Of all the elementary schools that feed Hardy and Deal, Bancroft has the lowest standardized test scores.   The student body has more social economic diversity than all of the other schools that feed Hardy and Deal.  [/quote]

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