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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DCPS elementary school had a 1st place in DC/3rd place nationally and a 1st place in DC/4th place nationally, plus a bunch of 2nd & 3rd in DCs even though it’s competing against a paid prep center (the other DC site), so kids can do OK just by getting some familiarity with the test/without RSM or whatever.

I did notice there are many more kids in each rank in the older testing grade taking each test. So like 91 was 96% for a 4th grader but 99% for a 3rd grader… which makes sense.[/quote]

DC has way less kids attending, so 4th place is not impressive.  I checked on year only 10  kids participated in DC but hundreds in Maryland and Virginia. [/quote]

It’s not 4th place, it’s 4th RANK. A lot of kids have the same rank if they get the same score.[/quote]

Also a lot of DC kids take the test in MD or VA at the RSM center or other places that they attend. [/quote]

Math Kangaroo itself calls it "place" although they don't break ties so it's really rank. In any case, there is no doubt that DC is less competitive than VA or CA or NY. That said, multiple kids from a DCPS getting 1st in DC and Top 5 national rankings is really impressive. And I'm impressed by a DCPS holding its own with the Georgetown after school prep program in any case, since that program is literally set up to prep for Math Kangaroo. 
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I wonder how LT ended up having Math Kangaroo and how other DCPS schools could get it[/b].[/quote]

PTO[/quote]

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