Move to a neighborhood where you feel like you fit in. Where there a lots of other parents like yourself, who parent the same way you do. It's the parents who ultimately influence the school environment.

Anonymous wrote:NWDC elementary schools are great. I think my kid is just as knowledgeable as his peers back in Europe if not more.
MA kids do well compared to other states, but they are still behind some Europeans and Asians. Not sure why since they spend a lot more money on their schools than we do.
Can't speak for middle school and high school though.

You do know that NW consists of more than twice as much of an areas than WOTP, right? Or were you referring to Marie Reed and Truesdell when you say NWDC schools are great?

NWDC elementary schools are great. I think my kid is just as knowledgeable as his peers back in Europe if not more.
MA kids do well compared to other states, but they are still behind some Europeans and Asians. Not sure why since they spend a lot more money on their schools than we do.
Can't speak for middle school and high school though.

Connecticut

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda.

The deal feeders that PPs have posted are better than most Bethesda schools. Ignore the hate. DC>Burbs. The fact that they are so pathetic that they lurk in DC school threads should tell you what you need to know.

Anonymous wrote:General consensus / conventional wisdom would be to purchase a home IB for an elementary school that feeds to Deal middle school.

There are 6 of them. https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY16-17%20School%20Feeder%20Patterns%20-%20Revised_0.pdf

This is a good answer. Ignore the people that can't imagine others wanting to live in DC and go to DCPS. I don't even know why they're here.

McLean

Bethesda.

Best bet for metro accessible good schools are Janney and Murch. Both neighborhoods you should be able to get a decent house for $1.25 million.

OP here. Thanks, all! I'm from MA and attended public school there, and I must disagree. I also have no intention of dealing with that winter ever again. It is important to me to be near a metro, and I would prefer a SFH but open to multifamily. Budget up to $1.25mm. Prefer 4 bedrooms but could live with 3. I understand some neighborhoods (Kalorama, etc.) will be out of budget.

Is it important to you to be near the metro? Will you be looking at a SFH or apartment/condo? Janney, Murch, and Lafayette are all good, accessible via public transportation (Lafayette the least of the three, but doable), and all very, very large. Hearst is smaller but farther away from the metro. Mann and Key are very small, don't feed into Deal, and are not very metro accessible.

General consensus / conventional wisdom would be to purchase a home IB for an elementary school that feeds to Deal middle school.

There are 6 of them. https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY16-17%20School%20Feeder%20Patterns%20-%20Revised_0.pdf

Massachusetts (not the avenue, the state).

All the upper NW elementary schools are good.

Is there a general consensus on this? Looking to move in a year or two and want a good public elementary school, in the District. Thanks!