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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Walls is comparable to a mediocre neighborhood high school in the surrounding burbs.  It is what it is.

It is not comparable to the selective and magnet high schools in the surrounding burbs.

The sooner you realize and accept that, the better.  Want a mediocre school then Walls if you get in.  Want a top school, move to the burbs in good school pyramid where you also get the benefit of a very good middle school.[/quote]

Not true because practically 💯 of class cohort is very motivated/on task/and a large percent are quite high performing (my Walls soph just scored 1490 on October PSAT). There are no (or very very few) disruptive kids.  No way this is the case for your garden variety public school in the suburbs.[/quote]

Just because your kid did well on one test doesn’t mean that the school is good.[/quote]

You are ignoring the critical component of my comment - that the class cohort is extremely well behaved.  If you don't think that is a huge advantage over most public high schools (and a fabulous learning environment if you have a high-performing smart kid), then I don't know what to tell you.[/quote]

Sorry but you exemplify the low standards in DC.

You do realize that with tracking, there are no behavior issues in the highest level classes.  So you can absolutely have a well behaved class and tracking in any typical average suburban high schools.

Add in their magnets and test in, you also have standardized testing so all 3

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