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[quote=Anonymous]OP, have you been to DC before? If so, have you been outside downtown, the monuments, etc.?

This is an urban area that has a lot of crime and poverty. Certain areas of the city are also rapidly gentrifying. Many of the areas that people are suggesting that you move to are those areas. Your expectations are out of line with the reality of living in this city, which is fine. Your current reality is something else, but you have to adjust your expectations to be more in line with what the reality is here.

You might be able to find a rental in an area of the city that is "safer" than the rapidly gentrifying areas where you might be able to buy with the budget that you have. But you will also need to accept that renting will come with a number of compromises and that renting at a low price point (studio apartments in the city generally start at $1500-1800/mo) is going to come with more compromises.

The school's test scores will tell you some things, but they won't tell you everything. My child goes to a school with terrible test scores, but the school is changing. Keep in mind that the test scores you're looking at apply only to grades 3-5 and that that test isn't even used anymore. DC experienced a baby boom around the time your child was born, and many of those new parents have chosen to stay in the city, rather than Move To Burke (as several posters are instructing you to do). The result of this is A) it's harder to get into the "good schools" than it used to be and therefore you cannot rely on that as an option anymore and B) schools that previously were not considered options even for PK are now being considered beyond K. Powell in Petworth is a good example of this. Three years ago, Powell was not considered. Then the children of the Petworth gentrifying crowd turned 3 and all of a sudden, it was hard to get in out of bounds. This year, I don't think they admitted any out of bounds 3 year olds. (Note: I am a Petworth gentrifier but NOT a Powell parent. I say "gentrifier" not to be derisive but to describe a migration trend and the social effects it has.)

Bars on the windows do not mean that your house is going to get broken into. Schools with high rates of low income kids do not mean that your child will not learn. [/quote]

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