Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 15:20     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, i'm not sure why but the results from Deal were good and the results from Janney were pretty terrible. Maybe it was just luck of the draw about how big the numbers were or maybe it was due to some perception of Janney by the privates as being privileged and not their mission for public school admits.

One lesson learned--apply and apply again. My kid did not get into their first choice school when applying in 6th grade from Deal, elected to stay at Deal and applied again for 9th (3rd application to this same private school--applied from DCPS for 6th, 7th and 9th) and got in. There was a lot of this among friends. You often have to apply multiple times.


I would be hesitant to draw too many conclusions from your one experience. At our school, kids got into better privates than I expected them to, to be honest. Maybe it helps they fewer apply than at a Janney, but still, these aren’t unprivileged kids either.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 12:06     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
It depends on the private school but most of hte top privates have roughly the same number of spots for 6th and 7th. It's often about 10-15 so it's just a very small number when they have applicants from across the entire DMV and they want to spread admissions across multiple sending schools. For coed schools that is 5-8 spots per gender....not a whole lot.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:39     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Is it because 7th is more of an entry year than 6th?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:32     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Yes, i'm not sure why but the results from Deal were good and the results from Janney were pretty terrible. Maybe it was just luck of the draw about how big the numbers were or maybe it was due to some perception of Janney by the privates as being privileged and not their mission for public school admits.

One lesson learned--apply and apply again. My kid did not get into their first choice school when applying in 6th grade from Deal, elected to stay at Deal and applied again for 9th (3rd application to this same private school--applied from DCPS for 6th, 7th and 9th) and got in. There was a lot of this among friends. You often have to apply multiple times.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:20     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When my kid graduated from Janney a few yrs ago there were about 15 kids who applied to GDS for middle school and ONE get in. Another kid went to Sidwell and maybe 4 went to Landon. At least 8 applied to STA (mine was one of them) and none got in and one that I know of applied to NCS/Holton and did not get in either schools. A few moved to Montgomery Co and a few went to K-8s and that's about it.

Point of my post is that it's not easy to get in to private following DCPS elementary school. There are a lot of kids who try and few are chosen. Kids had better luck from Deal the following year and I wondered if it was because the privates perceive that Deal as being a "rougher" and they're more open to taking them. They don't want to fill their very few "public school spots" (and they probably have some sort of target they aim for in an admissions season) with privileged upper NW kids. Although frankly Deal is only a few degrees different than Janney.



Really interesting observation here. (Meant earnestly, not sarcastically). Bizarre that Deal is seen as rough!


I teach 5th grade at a Deal feeder and what I hear most from families applying to private is they are worried about the size of the school and their child getting lost in the crowd. I’ve never gotten the sense they think it’s unsafe.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 16:41     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
About 50% of Mann ES 5th graders go to Hardy (but many kid who start at Mann in PK or K leave after 3rd or 4th).
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 15:50     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
its just lots of applicants few spaces for 6th grade
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 15:01     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Anonymous wrote:When my kid graduated from Janney a few yrs ago there were about 15 kids who applied to GDS for middle school and ONE get in. Another kid went to Sidwell and maybe 4 went to Landon. At least 8 applied to STA (mine was one of them) and none got in and one that I know of applied to NCS/Holton and did not get in either schools. A few moved to Montgomery Co and a few went to K-8s and that's about it.

Point of my post is that it's not easy to get in to private following DCPS elementary school. There are a lot of kids who try and few are chosen. Kids had better luck from Deal the following year and I wondered if it was because the privates perceive that Deal as being a "rougher" and they're more open to taking them. They don't want to fill their very few "public school spots" (and they probably have some sort of target they aim for in an admissions season) with privileged upper NW kids. Although frankly Deal is only a few degrees different than Janney.



Really interesting observation here. (Meant earnestly, not sarcastically). Bizarre that Deal is seen as rough!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 12:43     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
When my kid graduated from Janney a few yrs ago there were about 15 kids who applied to GDS for middle school and ONE get in. Another kid went to Sidwell and maybe 4 went to Landon. At least 8 applied to STA (mine was one of them) and none got in and one that I know of applied to NCS/Holton and did not get in either schools. A few moved to Montgomery Co and a few went to K-8s and that's about it.

Point of my post is that it's not easy to get in to private following DCPS elementary school. There are a lot of kids who try and few are chosen. Kids had better luck from Deal the following year and I wondered if it was because the privates perceive that Deal as being a "rougher" and they're more open to taking them. They don't want to fill their very few "public school spots" (and they probably have some sort of target they aim for in an admissions season) with privileged upper NW kids. Although frankly Deal is only a few degrees different than Janney.

Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 12:13     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
Anonymous wrote:If your kid recently graduated from a WOTP ES, can you let me know

1. approximately what percentage of their classmates went on to private MS?
2. do any elementary schools send more kids to a specific set of privates and if so, which privates are they?


Look at individual schools here: https://edscape.dc.gov/page/student-enrollment-pathways

Forward view, only terminal grade. "Not in audit" indicates that a student moved or went private after 5th.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 12:02     Subject: WOTP ES: What percentage of ES students go onto private MS?
If your kid recently graduated from a WOTP ES, can you let me know

1. approximately what percentage of their classmates went on to private MS?
2. do any elementary schools send more kids to a specific set of privates and if so, which privates are they?