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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to know what the lowest possible adversity score will be. Like if a white kid lives in a $1.2m home in 16th street heights, going to private, with a $500K HHI, does that kid get a higher score than the nearly-identical one living in Bethesda, just because his neighborhood is economically more diverse? And does the kid in Bethesda get “0”?[/quote]

Yes!!  A kid living in a $4 million dollar DC home has a lower neighborhood score than a standard suburb. Big three school and all. [/quote]

You do realize that they know which school a kid attends when they are making decisions, right?  Also, certain zip codes in DC are very wealthy.  The adversity score is one piece of the information.  They aren't ignoring all the other information available to them.  Sheesh.[/quote]

There are not really wealthy zip codes in DC. There are wealthy neighborhoods. DC is small. There are wealthy zip codes in V and MD. 
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And look at 20008, which covers some of the wealthiest enclaves, but also lower priced apartment buildings and some fixed income and subsidy housing.  Are the low income kids in that zone screwed?[/quote]

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