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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think what's interesting is the clear drop from HA 175 to Shepherd 108[/b] (though apparently a few were left off).

As a Ward 1 resident, I'm also interested in the relative rankings of Ward 1 schools that are relatively close to each other - Bancroft, Tubman, Marie Reed, and Cooke.  Bancroft has far and away jumped a tier, but the other three remain a step below - though a few years ago the wait lists were even smaller.  I'm also interested in Tubman as a case study - when their test scores went sky high it was surprising they didn't jump too much in perception (as measured by waitlist), and now Tubman falls behind Marie Reed and Cooke.

Lots of interesting stuff here.  [/quote]

What do you mean drop off? Are you saying that you're interested why more people picked HA than Shepherd for a lott pick? My guess is that Shepherd already opened PK3 and most people know that it will be one class of 15 and ALL kids will be IB with IB being waitlisted.[/quote]

No, I"m saying that we often talk about schools from a tier perspective, and popularity of schools in lottery may be one proxy for how well regarded the school is.  If that is true, there are clear tiers in this raw, simplistic data where breakpoints occur.  The biggest red dividing line is the huge jump from schools with more than 175 kids on the wait list and less than 110 kids on the waitlist. Obviously, there are other factors - like how many seats are available, known sibling #s, strong inbound, not to mention commute, etc, as well as the charter school list which isn't broken down the same way.   I didn't mean anything particular about HA or Shepherd.  Just noticing a strong delineation from the group above and the group below.  [/quote]

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