Neighborhoods
D.C. students who attend out-of-boundary public schools outperform similar students who attend in-boundary public schools in both reading and math.
This D.C. Action for Children KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot examines citywide achievement by the public school kids in Washington, D.C. It takes an in-depth look at achievement in the fourth and eighth grades. This brief also suggests that more analysis is needed to determine how place and neighborhood – where children live and where they go to school – may affect the achievement gap.
While every child deserves equal educational opportunity, significant disparities in achievement exist among public school students in the District of Columbia.