And here is the waitlist data for (most) charters from April of last year. This doesn't tell you the total number of seats or the number of siblings/non-siblings accepted, but it does give you a sense of demand across the grade levels.

Keep in mind that schools with asterisks were not in the common lottery last year.

http://www.dcpcsb.org/report/2014-15-available-public-charter-school-seats-and-wait-list

Here is the data for DCPS. It doesn't get exactly into the number who applied vs. number accepted/enrolled, but it does show, by grade, the number of seats offered, the number enrolled with a preference (in boundary, sibling, proximity), and the number waitlisted with a preference.

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Learn+About+Schools/Lottery+and+Admissions:+Apply+to+Our+Schools/Lottery/Round+Two+Results

With this data, you can estimate your chances. For example, Maury ES had 29 in-boundary PS3 kids waitlisted last year. Unless this year is dramatically different, your out of boundary kid has no chance.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB had 533 applicants for the 11 available Pre-K 3 spots. They only take kids at PK-3 and PK-4, and had no slots for PK-4. They may have had a couple of extra slots over the summer due to attrition.

Based on the high-status individuals who "won" spots for the PK'er this year–and due to the fact that they haven't entered the citywide shared system–I'm going to speculate they only people who got spots last year, and into the future until the join the common lottery, are very well connected insiders.

Can you elaborate?

Not without breaking confidentiality laws, no. If you're in one of these classrooms, you know that parents I mean.

Then report them to OSSE?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LAMB had 533 applicants for the 11 available Pre-K 3 spots. They only take kids at PK-3 and PK-4, and had no slots for PK-4. They may have had a couple of extra slots over the summer due to attrition.

Based on the high-status individuals who "won" spots for the PK'er this year–and due to the fact that they haven't entered the citywide shared system–I'm going to speculate they only people who got spots last year, and into the future until the join the common lottery, are very well connected insiders.

Can you elaborate?

Not without breaking confidentiality laws, no. If you're in one of these classrooms, you know that parents I mean.

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Anonymous wrote:Current 2R location is right on metro and bus lines. New one is not. Hope other people find the new location convenient.

Lamb is not near metro station, never hear about it being inconvenient.

While the new TR isn't particularly close to a metro, it's right on a major bus line - the X2 and is also on the x1, x3, x9 and trolley lines. In fact, you can catch the X3 to get from the original TR to the new one. But the X2 makes it super easy - the x2 runs constantly.

Anonymous wrote:LAMB is really inconvenient for me, particularly the NE location that doesn't even appear to be on a bus line.

Exactly. People aren't always making statements about LAMB's location being inconvenient for people in far NE, but as soon as a school moves east of North Capitol people on DCUM are complaining about not being convenient like all Washingtonians live in one area of DC.

LAMB is really inconvenient for me, particularly the NE location that doesn't even appear to be on a bus line.

Anonymous wrote:Current 2R location is right on metro and bus lines. New one is not. Hope other people find the new location convenient.

Lamb is not near metro station, never hear about it being inconvenient.

Current 2R location is right on metro and bus lines. New one is not. Hope other people find the new location convenient.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't 2 Rivers expanding this year?

Yes, opening a second campus--Two Rivers at Young.

Do you lottery for a specific location?

The Two Rivers person at EdFest explained it to me that you would lottery separately for each location. If you are interested in both, you would include both locations on your list of 12 schools/programs. Similarly, someone at a school with a Spanish immersion and non-immersion program explained that they were each separate choices in the lottery and that you could include both in your list of 12.

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Anonymous wrote:The new 2R location is a lot less convenient than the current location.

According to who? Not everyone lives in the same area.

Exactly. Hate when people say stupid things like this.

I agree. This comment always goes down as one of the stupidest in my opinion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't 2 Rivers expanding this year?

Yes, opening a second campus--Two Rivers at Young.

Do you lottery for a specific location?

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Anonymous wrote:The new 2R location is a lot less convenient than the current location.

According to who? Not everyone lives in the same area.

Exactly. Hate when people say stupid things like this.

Anonymous wrote:The new 2R location is a lot less convenient than the current location.

According to who? Not everyone lives in the same area.

The new 2R location is a lot less convenient than the current location.