The BASIS Arizona graduates are some of the top students in Arizona, which as a state typically benefits from top colleges wanting geographic diversity. I’m sure colleges know about the BASIS curriculum and how challenging it is, but I’m not sure it will hold up as well in DC where there are plenty of good schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

The current junior class had 94 students in 8th grade. 52 students stayed for 9th; 49 for 10th; 49 for 11th (and one is going to college early).

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but Banneker and SWW lose 10-15% of students of its 9th graders over 4 years too.

OK, but using your numbers, the junior class lost 48% of its students between 8th and 11th. That is astonishing. Presumably the number would be much higher if the numbers were counted from the students' entry in 6th.

Is there any other charter school model that wouldn't be closed if it lost upwards of half of its students per class over a 3-4 year period?

Re-enrollment is tracked by level --

So if a school has an ES, MS and a HS, retention is tracked from Pk3-4th (or 5th); 5 (or 6) through 8th; and then again from 9th to 12th.

To PP - the leading edge classes of new charters nearly always do lose students, especially when the leading edge classes didn't start from the entry year grade. What will be interesting, as another PP suggested, is to see how this changes over time as the school is more established. There already seems to be a difference retention comparing the first two graduating classes (last year and this year) vs. what will be graduating classes years 3 and 4, as would be expected.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

The current junior class had 94 students in 8th grade. 52 students stayed for 9th; 49 for 10th; 49 for 11th (and one is going to college early).

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but Banneker and SWW lose 10-15% of students of its 9th graders over 4 years too.

OK, but using your numbers, the junior class lost 48% of its students between 8th and 11th. That is astonishing. Presumably the number would be much higher if the numbers were counted from the students' entry in 6th.

Is there any other charter school model that wouldn't be closed if it lost upwards of half of its students per class over a 3-4 year period?

BASIS loses points on the PMF each year for retention, however, its achievement scores are really strong. The way charters are measured, it balances out.

MS http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2017-11-8%20PMF%20Score%20Card%20SY16-17_BASIS%20DC%20PCS%20%28Middle%20School%29_2017.pdf
HS http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2017-11-8%20PMF%20Score%20Card%20SY16-17_BASIS%20DC%20PCS%20%28High%20School%29_HS_2017_0.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

The current junior class had 94 students in 8th grade. 52 students stayed for 9th; 49 for 10th; 49 for 11th (and one is going to college early).

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but Banneker and SWW lose 10-15% of students of its 9th graders over 4 years too.

OK, but using your numbers, the junior class lost 48% of its students between 8th and 11th. That is astonishing. Presumably the number would be much higher if the numbers were counted from the students' entry in 6th.

Is there any other charter school model that wouldn't be closed if it lost upwards of half of its students per class over a 3-4 year period?

It would be interesting to know the decrease Latin experienced in its first years as well as point of comparison. I forget when Latin stopped going through its entire 5th grade waitlist - was that 5 years ago? They graduated their first class from HS in 2012 and they opened in 2006.

As it is, currently, they lose about 15-20 kids between 8th and 9th grade which is about 20% of their class (assuming 90 kids in 8th grade). Maybe that's just the norm in the land of school choice . . .

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

The current junior class had 94 students in 8th grade. 52 students stayed for 9th; 49 for 10th; 49 for 11th (and one is going to college early).

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but Banneker and SWW lose 10-15% of students of its 9th graders over 4 years too.

It will be interesting to see if all of them stay for graduation.

Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

The current junior class had 94 students in 8th grade. 52 students stayed for 9th; 49 for 10th; 49 for 11th (and one is going to college early).

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but Banneker and SWW lose 10-15% of students of its 9th graders over 4 years too.

Anonymous wrote:BASIS parent. Very small class, 14 students.

They haven't released the final list.

These were the 7th graders when the school opened. They did not get the whole BASIS experience.

Anonymous wrote:Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

Most leave after 8th and go to SWW, Banneker, Wilson and various private schools. The current senior class has always been small; they started at BASIS in 7th grade which is an odd time to join a new, start-up school.

BASIS anticipates that their typical high school class will be about ~50 students going forward.

I am aware of one junior who is graduating early and going to college in Europe next fall.

Where do kids go if they leave after 9th? I assume some left after 9th, some 10th, some 11th?

Anonymous wrote:What? 14 students? Sounds more like a one-room schoolhouse on the prairie than a viable urban high school. How many kids stayed for the current grades 9-11?

2017-18 enrollment (per OSSE) https://osse.dc.gov/node/1306796

9th 49
10th 51
11th 49
12th 15

What? 14 students? Sounds more like a one-room schoolhouse on the prairie than a viable urban high school. How many kids stayed for the current grades 9-11?

BASIS parent. Very small class, 14 students.

They haven't released the final list.

Curious as to where Basis' seniors got in, it is a fairly small class, right?