Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 15:04     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We live on the Hill and want to start our Pre-K4 in Spanish immersion this year, with the intention of staying at the school until grade 5. How would you rank the following schools:

- Chisholm
- MV Cook
- MV 8
- DCB
- LAMB
- Stokes Brookland
- Stokes East End
- Global Citizens

Also please let me know if I missed any immersion charters. I’m not interested in other DCPS neighborhood Spanish immersion schools both because of the commute, and because I don’t want my kid to be one of the only OOB students. At least with immersion charters kids come from all over the city.


LAMB and DCB have huge wait lists, far longer than the others. Tells you which schools are generally considered the most desirable.


LOL! The most desirable isn’t necessarily the strongest. Tells me how much you know about these schools….


You can probably count on one hand the number of people in Washington DC who have first hand experience at more than one of these schools. People know their experience and they know the rumors they've heard about other schools that may or may not be true. Probably better to skip all the hearsay and anecdotal BS, and just look at how people are voting with their feet.


We are not talking experience at all these schools. We are talking data and you can bet DCI has all that data of the kids coming in from the immersion charters……
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:58     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
We are at DCB and have been happy. My kid is in 4th grade and has friends on our street who also attend Stokes and LAMB. All of those families are happy and there are more similarities than differences in our experiences.

From what I've heard MV8 has stabilized a lot in recent years. I have heard a ton of instability at MVCook. I don't know anything about Chisolm, global citizens, or stokes EE.

Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:57     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We live on the Hill and want to start our Pre-K4 in Spanish immersion this year, with the intention of staying at the school until grade 5. How would you rank the following schools:

- Chisholm
- MV Cook
- MV 8
- DCB
- LAMB
- Stokes Brookland
- Stokes East End
- Global Citizens

Also please let me know if I missed any immersion charters. I’m not interested in other DCPS neighborhood Spanish immersion schools both because of the commute, and because I don’t want my kid to be one of the only OOB students. At least with immersion charters kids come from all over the city.


LAMB and DCB have huge wait lists, far longer than the others. Tells you which schools are generally considered the most desirable.


LOL! The most desirable isn’t necessarily the strongest. Tells me how much you know about these schools….


You can probably count on one hand the number of people in Washington DC who have first hand experience at more than one of these schools. People know their experience and they know the rumors they've heard about other schools that may or may not be true. Probably better to skip all the hearsay and anecdotal BS, and just look at how people are voting with their feet.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:55     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:I would seriously consider putting Oyster/Adams cluster on your list, even though many kids will be inbounds. It's a wonderful school.


No way. OP is in CH. That would be a commuter nightmare. Totally not worth it. Plus DCI is the better middle school and you get the high school too.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:52     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:MV8
MV Cook
DCB because it's farther but a good school
Stokes Brookland if you don't mind the poor math stats
LAMB because parents honestly aren't that happy with it, but stay for the DCI feed
Chisholm because closer to you
Global Citizens but mind the new location
Stokes EE because it's far and has low stats

You could look into Houston DCPS


Of all the spanish charters above, MV8 has the best stats in terms of kids at or above grade level.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:50     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
I would seriously consider putting Oyster/Adams cluster on your list, even though many kids will be inbounds. It's a wonderful school.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:50     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:MV8
MV Cook
DCB because it's farther but a good school
Stokes Brookland if you don't mind the poor math stats
LAMB because parents honestly aren't that happy with it, but stay for the DCI feed
Chisholm because closer to you
Global Citizens but mind the new location
Stokes EE because it's far and has low stats

You could look into Houston DCPS


Mundo Verde comes with a lot of drama

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1058201.page


Op’s kid was probably a newborn when that thread started. A lot of things change in 4 years.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:47     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:MV8
MV Cook
DCB because it's farther but a good school
Stokes Brookland if you don't mind the poor math stats
LAMB because parents honestly aren't that happy with it, but stay for the DCI feed
Chisholm because closer to you
Global Citizens but mind the new location
Stokes EE because it's far and has low stats

You could look into Houston DCPS


Mundo Verde comes with a lot of drama

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1058201.page
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:46     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:MV8
MV Cook
DCB because it's farther but a good school
Stokes Brookland if you don't mind the poor math stats
LAMB because parents honestly aren't that happy with it, but stay for the DCI feed
Chisholm because closer to you
Global Citizens but mind the new location
Stokes EE because it's far and has low stats

You could look into Houston DCPS


+1. Agree with MV8 as #1.

BTW, the area where DCB is located is a nightmare with the drop off and pick up. Total disaster FWIW.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:40     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
MV8
MV Cook
DCB because it's farther but a good school
Stokes Brookland if you don't mind the poor math stats
LAMB because parents honestly aren't that happy with it, but stay for the DCI feed
Chisholm because closer to you
Global Citizens but mind the new location
Stokes EE because it's far and has low stats

You could look into Houston DCPS
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:22     Subject: Re:Ranking - Immersion Schools
If you are serious about languages, Chisholm is a dead end. Your kid won’t be fluent, even proficient, just doing elementary.

The immersion charters get preference to DCI which is not only a good school but also an IB school and very strong in languages in addition to offering the IB diploma.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:19     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We live on the Hill and want to start our Pre-K4 in Spanish immersion this year, with the intention of staying at the school until grade 5. How would you rank the following schools:

- Chisholm
- MV Cook
- MV 8
- DCB
- LAMB
- Stokes Brookland
- Stokes East End
- Global Citizens

Also please let me know if I missed any immersion charters. I’m not interested in other DCPS neighborhood Spanish immersion schools both because of the commute, and because I don’t want my kid to be one of the only OOB students. At least with immersion charters kids come from all over the city.


LAMB and DCB have huge wait lists, far longer than the others. Tells you which schools are generally considered the most desirable.


LOL! The most desirable isn’t necessarily the strongest. Tells me how much you know about these schools….
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 13:54     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
Anonymous wrote:We live on the Hill and want to start our Pre-K4 in Spanish immersion this year, with the intention of staying at the school until grade 5. How would you rank the following schools:

- Chisholm
- MV Cook
- MV 8
- DCB
- LAMB
- Stokes Brookland
- Stokes East End
- Global Citizens

Also please let me know if I missed any immersion charters. I’m not interested in other DCPS neighborhood Spanish immersion schools both because of the commute, and because I don’t want my kid to be one of the only OOB students. At least with immersion charters kids come from all over the city.


LAMB and DCB have huge wait lists, far longer than the others. Tells you which schools are generally considered the most desirable.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 13:41     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
They wouldn't be one of the only OOB students though.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 13:33     Subject: Ranking - Immersion Schools
We live on the Hill and want to start our Pre-K4 in Spanish immersion this year, with the intention of staying at the school until grade 5. How would you rank the following schools:

- Chisholm
- MV Cook
- MV 8
- DCB
- LAMB
- Stokes Brookland
- Stokes East End
- Global Citizens

Also please let me know if I missed any immersion charters. I’m not interested in other DCPS neighborhood Spanish immersion schools both because of the commute, and because I don’t want my kid to be one of the only OOB students. At least with immersion charters kids come from all over the city.