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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids attended an upper NW DCPS elementary.  Quite a few of the kids who couldn't hack it at our elementary and/or at Deal transferred into one K-8 or another along the way.  
There are many smart kids at the K-8s (for sure), but they are also used by families as a softer alternative for kids who are struggling academically in public. 
In contrast, the strongest public school kids all stayed in public through middle school.

Anyway, what I'm saying is that[b] 20% heading on to the "Big3" from a K-8 is probably about right.  [/b]The top 20% are probably appropriate for the elite, pressure cooker high schools.  The K-8 
schools have kids all over the academic spectrum, not unlike public schools.  
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[b]My kids attended ... [u][i]DCPS[/i][/u][/b] elementary.   ...  Anyway, what I'm saying is that 20% heading on to the "Big3" from a K-8 is probably about right.

"I'm saying that I'm confident that I know what happens inside the walls at private K-8 schools although I have no actual, direct experience with private schools."  [/quote]

I'm the DCPS poster that you're mocking.  I have kids at two different Big3 privates who left from DCPS.  One joined a Big3 in 7th and the other (a different Big3 school) in 9th. 
I actually have a lot of experience in the private school application process and many friends who attend or attended the K-8 schools in lieu of DCPS (some joining at PK, some in 5th, some in 7th).  Some I've met while they were in DCPS 
and others since we've been at the two Big3 schools.  You can mock me all you want but I stand by my view that it makes sense that about 20% of these K-8 school students are appropriate for the rigor of the top high schools.  The yearly 
admit rates from the K-8 schools bear this out.  20% may seem low but it's much higher than the admission rates from public schools.  When you apply out from a public school you are often competing against 30 kids from your school for 
what will turn out to be one spot (and all 30 kids will likely be among the highest flyers of the 600 kids in the grade).  So 20% chance from a K-8 (if an elite high school is the goal) is quite good in comparison.  [/quote]

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