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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS enthusiasts have been claiming that the HS is poised for strong growth for years and years. It never does. At least they’ve piped down lately.[/quote]

It has been growing exponentially because there was a leading year issue.  Full growth should be seen by next year.  I don’t get your point.[/quote]

Growing exponentially? I'm not seeing that. Data to support this claim?

I remember admins telling us that the BASIS HS would soon enroll more than 200 at an open house. That was pre-Covid. Hasn't happened.  [/quote]

If you look at the audited student totals for the upper school at Basis for the four year period from 2017-2021, the growth rate was 32%.  My impression is that the 9th grade at Basis this year is significantly higher than last year.  So, the 5-year growth rate for the HS, including this year, is even higher.  As a result, it does seem like the HS is growing exponentially.

That's no surprise.  Every year, Basis attracts a relatively stronger group of students (even though it is 100% lottery, parents that don't think that their kids will handle the Basis rigor go to Latin, DCI, etc.) and by the time high school rolls around more and more stay.

At some point, Basis will need to start limiting seats in 5th grade because of space constraints in the school's building.[/quote]  OK, but every student who enrolls in 9th grade doesn't stay through 12th and parents who know their kids will handle BASIS rigor don't always get spots.  We know strong 6th grade math students who wound up at other charters because they never got off the 5th grade BASIS WL. These kids are much better math students than some of their classmates from our DCPS ES who landed at BASIS.  It stinks that the best math students can't necessarily attend the public middle and high school for math.[/quote]

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