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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I'd listened to you ten years ago lady, we'd be long gone from the Hill.  We scraped together every dollar we had to by in-boundary for Brent.

My advice for OP is the opposite.  Stand outside your schools of interest and drop-off and get a feel for the scene, to help you decide what you can live with.  Even drop in on PTA meetings if you have the time. easily done and lots to learn. Search for real estate by school boundaries.

Some of us who've been on the Hill for a long time have seen dear friends bail for the burbs because they bought on the wrong side of a street.  They thought they'd bought IB for in-boundary for Maury when they'd actually bought for Payne or Miner.  The result was years of braving bad school commutes up to Inspired Teaching, Stokes or wherever. Not worth it.  Live with the creaky stairs.

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We are not at stokes but I’d take that over any Capitol Hill school. [/quote]

Not buying it. Stokes isn't better than Brent or Maury.  Even it were, who wants to commute half an hour to a school through evil traffic on North Capitol if there's a good school within a few blocks of home.[/quote]

DP but I believe both Inspired and Stokes preform same or better than Brent when you compare apples to apples. Agree with commute but wanted to contend your first point.[/quote]

DCPS can break down all they want with the stats to at risk, special needs, etc...so certain schools do a better job at serving these students.  Honestly I could care less about that. If my child is advance, what I care about is peer group and I’m looking at the total percentage of kids scoring 4 on PARCC.  3 on PARCC isn’t even at grade level, it’s approaching grade level.  Brent way outperforms based on this criteria.[/quote]

No. I meant comparing the same demographic groups.

White students:
Brent (4+) ELA: 77%
Inspired (4+) ELA: 85%

Brent (4+) Math: 86% 
Inspired (4+) Math: 86%

Black students:
Brent ELA: 30%
Inspired ELA: 40%

Brent Math: 24%
Inspired Math: 23%
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