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[quote=Anonymous]There is really no generalizable advice for this unfortunately.  Every kid’s path is so different.  My son scored super low on the K private admissions test and got rejected at all the Big whatever schools for K so we did our public.  Kid was very average in lower elementary school - maybe middle of his public school class and really down on school.  Hated to go in the morning.  Never did his homework unless absolutely forced. We switched to one of these K-8 schools in late elementary because there were spots as kids applied out.  He got lots of individual attention in middle school and ended up one of the top students applying out because he had really built his confidence and enjoyed school. That became self fulfilling and he got into a very good but not Big 3 private high school.  He did very well there and just ended up at a top 10 college.

Younger daughter went to same K8 and did well enough but was honestly lazy, so we moved her to a more competitive-minded K12 before eighth.  She is thriving there now in high school and likely will do fairly well when it comes time for her although college admissions is such a lottery for the top 20-30 now days.

Your kid is probably not like either of my kids so you’ll just have to chart the path that works for them.  That could ultimately be a K8 or a K12 or both and it is best to be flexible since your kid will likely develop in ways you would never foresee.  [/quote]

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