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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The attrition from 8 to 9 is expected.  The attrition from 5 to 6 might scare some potential and incoming families, but it mostly makes sense too.  Those are families/kids who try the school, decide that it is not the best fit, and leave in time for the normal entry year at another middle school.  You may not see precisely the same type of attrition at either Latin school, but it still makes sense for Basis.  But what is causing the large exodus between before 7th and 8th grade and where do those students go?[/quote]

That is a mystery and the data doesn't tell you much. So much depends on each family's situation, location, and lottery number, and if they moved away that doesn't mean they liked or didn't like BASIS. "Not in audit" is a popular destination, but that could mean MD, VA, any other state or country, or any private school, or homeschooling. The destination schools seem to be a real mix of different types of DCPS, and charters of all types. There are some to Deal, I assume they're IB and decided to give BASIS a try but liked Deal better. Some to DCI which usually requires a good lottery number. Hard to say how many people would have liked to leave but didn't have the ability to do it.

I am a bit surprised there weren't more kids headed to Latin Cooper in that initial year when Cooper was filling its new, empty 6th grade class. [/quote]

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