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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take. When I asses schools, I take in account demographics and other things.

These are the top DCPS elementary schools for the upcoming 2017 - 2018 School Year. People considering looking at DCPS elementary schools, should start with the schools in this list.

Tier I Schools (in order)
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Ross
Stoddert
Mann
Eaton 
Lafayette 
Janney 
Murch 
Key 
Oyster

Tier 1b (no order)
Shepherd 
Hearst
Brent 
Watkins
SWS
Maury
Hyde
Ludlow Taylor

Tier II Schools (no order)
Capitol Hill Montessori
Bancroft 
Cleveland
JO Wilson
Seaton 
I'm sure there are a few others but these are great ones I know of[/quote]

This is just your order of preference and is subjective as you note that your decision takes into consideration "demographics and other things."  It does not mean that your "Tier I" is better than your "Tier II."  So when it comes to compiling a list of "top schools" this doesn't cut it.[/quote]

I respectfully disagree. Yes, test scores are the primary factor into my ranking. When I say I use demographics, I mean to adjust. I should start by saying I don't have kids at any of the schools I ranked. When I look at demographics, I look at test scores and growth of the school and compare it to a comparable schoolnor comparable population of DC's larger group's performance. To PP that has issues with why I ranked Brent tier 1b, Brent has one of the lowest FARM rates and one of the highest population of white kids. Quite honestly, I expect them to have better scores. They are about 10-15 points higher than Shepherd but Shepherd has 3 times the FARM and 80% AA. Eaton, Watkins, and Stoddert's white kid test scores are amazing. When you do that many of the schools are neck and neck. Then as a parent of a minority, I will use things like diverse population to rank order.[/quote]

So you use "white kid test scores" as your barometer of a good school? Yikes.  [/quote]

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