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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Six, eight, ten years ago, Walls routinely produced 4, 5 even half a dozen National Merit Scholarship semifinalists annually.  Here in the 2020s, there are zero some years.[/quote]

So, here is the list of schools in DC and number of 2023 NMSFs:

Maret - 1
JR - 1
NCS - 2
STA - 3
GDS - 4
Sidwell -5
Walls - 6 (I am not NMSF...but I think that is 1/2 a dozen)

Look at the Presidential Scholars as well which is based primarily on SAT Scores and Walls has the most in DC.

Why do people post demonstrably false information?[/quote]

This is a terrible look for JR! That school has nearly 5 times the number of students as Walls and it only produced ONE (1) NMSF?!?

Sad.[/quote]

JR is a diverse, urban high school with a very different student population than a selective public like Walls or a private school. The real question should be how many academically comparable students there are at JR compared to Walls or the others. What's the number of NMSF per 100 of these students? It's also likely that Walls pulls some of the students that would otherwise be at JR because Walls offers a more academically focused peers, environment, etc. So the question should be whether those Walls students would still be NMSF if they were at JR instead. Maybe, maybe not, but it's also possible that Walls encourages students to take the PSAT junior year instead of sophomore year to qualify.[/quote]

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