Anonymous
04/05/2026 16:50
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some of the schools list a large number of lottery spots, a number that is smaller for the # of applications and still have a waitlist. How do you interpret that?
For example, Truth had 200 spots, 178 applications, 89 matches, and 3 on the waitlist. Eastern had a similar discrepancy. Why is there still a waitlist?
People get waitlisted if they are a sibling at the school but they match somewhere they ranked higher. So that's how you see a school that didn't fill yet still has a waitlist.
I think a lot of kids in this category is a trouble sign. It means people with sibling status don't want to go there. And it's not like they're unfamiliar with the school.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 16:37
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Oooh how thrilling! That was quick.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
I think this is wrong on Ellington being short of kids. My kid applied for tech and although it says they had 23 lottery seats, they told us in the application process they were only going to accept about a dozen. And it looks like that's exactly what they did. Same with another family I know that did theater. So I think the "lottery seats" column is misleading.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 16:12
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
DCI has a waitlists from most feeders schools. Do you think everyone will get a seat?
Anonymous
04/05/2026 16:02
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oooh how thrilling! That was quick.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
Correction: Walls offered and matched 190, not 260.
(260 would have been more than the total number of match day seats + waitlist offers in any year for which there is data!)
Oops sorry, my bad. Don't know where that came from.
Walls offered 5 10th grade seats. They had 107 applicants and only 7 kids were waitlisted. Wonder what happened to the others-- did Walls turn them away or did they match somewhere they ranked higher?
10 10th grade seats offered at Banneker, 71 applicants but 0 matches. Not sure why.
McKinley offered 15 10th grade seats, matched 15 and waitlisted 2. Also 5 11th grade seats but matched only 1.
Banneker only has theoretical seats in 10th grade, I’ve never seen them admit anyone for 10th.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 15:54
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Wow, no one wants Breakthrough. Elementary charters with no Middle School feeder or in-house option seem to be in a bad way. DCI feeders mostly seeing drops, but still solid to long waitlists.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 15:52
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oooh how thrilling! That was quick.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
Correction: Walls offered and matched 190, not 260.
(260 would have been more than the total number of match day seats + waitlist offers in any year for which there is data!)
Oops sorry, my bad. Don't know where that came from.
Walls offered 5 10th grade seats. They had 107 applicants and only 7 kids were waitlisted. Wonder what happened to the others-- did Walls turn them away or did they match somewhere they ranked higher?
10 10th grade seats offered at Banneker, 71 applicants but 0 matches. Not sure why.
McKinley offered 15 10th grade seats, matched 15 and waitlisted 2. Also 5 11th grade seats but matched only 1.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 15:46
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Oooh how thrilling! That was quick.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
Correction: Walls offered and matched 190, not 260.
(260 would have been more than the total number of match day seats + waitlist offers in any year for which there is data!)
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:58
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Some of the schools list a large number of lottery spots, a number that is smaller for the # of applications and still have a waitlist. How do you interpret that?
For example, Truth had 200 spots, 178 applications, 89 matches, and 3 on the waitlist. Eastern had a similar discrepancy. Why is there still a waitlist?
People get waitlisted if they are a sibling at the school but they match somewhere they ranked higher. So that's how you see a school that didn't fill yet still has a waitlist.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:51
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Some of the schools list a large number of lottery spots, a number that is smaller for the # of applications and still have a waitlist. How do you interpret that?
For example, Truth had 200 spots, 178 applications, 89 matches, and 3 on the waitlist. Eastern had a similar discrepancy. Why is there still a waitlist?
For example, Truth had 200 spots, 178 applications, 89 matches, and 3 on the waitlist. Eastern had a similar discrepancy. Why is there still a waitlist?
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:31
Subject: Re:26-27 Lottery data up
Anonymous wrote:Only 55 no preference seats between both Latins of 650 applications. Assuming people applied to both. Thats tough.
Wow. Yet people keep letting their fourth graders w/o older siblings think they have a legit shot. Especially Hill families. It’s cruel. Maybe they don’t understand math.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:29
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Seems like a brutal year for some of the less appealing schools, but still a tough year for the highly sought-after.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:23
Subject: Re:26-27 Lottery data up
Only 55 no preference seats between both Latins of 650 applications. Assuming people applied to both. Thats tough.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:20
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Middle school notes:
Long WL at Stuart-Hobson, WL at EH, only 1 kid WL at Jefferson. Still hard to get into ITDS. BASIS has fewer applicants than last year and a shorter waitlist. Latin seems roughly the same just eyeballing the regular and EA lists. TR middle does have a waitlist.
Long WL at Stuart-Hobson, WL at EH, only 1 kid WL at Jefferson. Still hard to get into ITDS. BASIS has fewer applicants than last year and a shorter waitlist. Latin seems roughly the same just eyeballing the regular and EA lists. TR middle does have a waitlist.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:17
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
Oooh how thrilling! That was quick.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
McKinley Tech matched 250 and waitlisted 12. This is the first year in the data that it filled its whole 250-seat offering. More applicants than last year.
Banneker had a dip in applicants, but matched 239 of 260 offered seats.
Walls had 1449 applicants, filled all 260 offered seats, and waitlisted 226.
For Ellington you have to go through each, but it seems like Cinema didn't fill, Dance did, Instrumental didn't, Museum Studies didn't, Tech didn't, Theater didn't, Visual didn't, and Vocal didn't. Leaving them pretty short of kids.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 13:55
Subject: 26-27 Lottery data up
This year’s lottery data got added to Tableau here https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay