Thank you for posting - really interesting.

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you aren't confusing the capture rate (percent of students living in the boundary who attend the school) with the percentage of students at the school who live in-boundary. The latter is a function of building size and some schools are big relative to their population, others smaller, it's not really a measure of quality or "success".

They aren’t. The data set contains both separately.

Make sure you aren't confusing the capture rate (percent of students living in the boundary who attend the school) with the percentage of students at the school who live in-boundary. The latter is a function of building size and some schools are big relative to their population, others smaller, it's not really a measure of quality or "success".

Anonymous wrote:Highest in-boundary usage schools:

Janney Elementary School
Mann Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Murch Elementary School
Stoddert Elementary School
Key Elementary School
Hearst Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School
Hardy Middle School
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
Ross Elementary School
Hyde-Addison Elementary School
Deal Middle School
Brent Elementary School
Shepherd Elementary School

Honestly surprised that Hardy is higher than Deal. Will the same be true of Macarthur and JR in 5-10 years?

Lots of families in the Deal feeder go private after elementary.

Anonymous wrote:Highest in-boundary usage schools:

Janney Elementary School
Mann Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Murch Elementary School
Stoddert Elementary School
Key Elementary School
Hearst Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School
Hardy Middle School
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
Ross Elementary School
Hyde-Addison Elementary School
Deal Middle School
Brent Elementary School
Shepherd Elementary School

Honestly surprised that Hardy is higher than Deal. Will the same be true of Macarthur and JR in 5-10 years?

The data can be a little misleading in a few ways. First, it treats kids who can't get in for PK as the same as kids who choose not to go for K+. This means that the popular Hill-based ESes are automatically lower all else being equal, because they have two PK grades full of eligible kids who might not get in (Brent/Maury/LT/Peabody). This probably has the biggest effect on Maury because it is so hard to get in for PK3. Second, it only talks about kids in public schools not private ones, so school zones that have lots of kids who opt for private are treated as higher utilizers than zones where kids opt for charters even if the average kid in the zone is less likely to go to their IB.

Highest in-boundary usage schools:

Janney Elementary School
Mann Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Murch Elementary School
Stoddert Elementary School
Key Elementary School
Hearst Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School
Hardy Middle School
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
Ross Elementary School
Hyde-Addison Elementary School
Deal Middle School
Brent Elementary School
Shepherd Elementary School

Honestly surprised that Hardy is higher than Deal. Will the same be true of Macarthur and JR in 5-10 years?

It's also interesting how many different schools are attended-- I have to think that includes private placements because how else could it be so high.

Anonymous wrote:Bump. This data is fascinating!

+1 I will use these data every time a poster claims that most kids in their neighborhood attend their IB and no a charter school. Data > DCUM’s opinion

Minor point - the "SY21-22 Count of Grade-Specific Students Living in the DCPS Boundary that Attend the School" column appears to have a value only if it is 10 kids or above. I know for a fact that there are at least 4 kids in our school boundary (including mine) that are OOB for the same school, but they're not counted here.

Nice find.

A few quick thoughts:

-BASIS draws pretty evenly from school districts except not as many from the Hardy district

-Latin draws most from Eastern and Roosevelt districts

-DCI draws most from Dunbar, Wells, Coolidge, MacFarland, Roosevelt, and Brookland districts.

Janney’s numbers look fantastic!

https://dme.dc.gov/node/1257681

But they're pretty old.

At some point there were maps for each school -- maybe only the public charter schools? -- showing the zip codes kids commuted from. Maybe someone knows if there is current info.

Bump. This data is fascinating!

For the parents working in their lottery list I think this good information to have to know where the neighborhood kids go to school.


https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx