Below are informational resources supporting the Boundary and Student Assignment Study 2023 organized by topic. DME will compile resources here throughout the study.
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General Student Assignment Policies Transportation School Lottery
Special Education Population Housing Enrollment Trends Boundaries and Feeder Patterns
General
- The role of school boundaries in the District of Columbia: Facts and findings on boundary participation, student representation, and facility utilization (DC Policy Center)
- How DC's School Boundaries Shape Housing and Travel Patterns (four-part series published by Greater Greater Washington)
- Student Assignment and Choice Policy in the District of Columbia (DC Policy Brief #1 prepared by 21st Century School Fund for the 2013-2014 Student Assignment and School Boundaries Review Process)
- The Benefits of Socioeconomically and Racially Integrated Schools and Classrooms (The Century Foundation)
School Assignment Policies
- Student Assignment and Enrollment Policies that Advance School Integration: A National Perspective to Support Planning in the District of Columbia (The Century Foundation)
Transportation
- Student Transportation in Washington, DC (Urban Institute)
Lottery Preferences
- Public School Lottery Waitlists Explained (DME Edsight two-part series)
- My School DC data page
- Background materials - Draft recommendation 20 on Equitable Access Set Asides (February 2024)
Special Education
- Students with Disabilities in the District of Columbia Landscape Analysis (Office of the State Superintendent of Education)
Population
- Demographic shifts in the child population of Washington, D.C., 2010-2021 (Maryland Population Research Center)
- Annual Births in DC, Part 1 Edsight (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
- Annual Births in DC, Part 2 Edsight (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
Housing
- DMPED 36,000 by 2025 Dashboard (Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development)
Enrollment Trends
- Trends in Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity, Edsight Part 1 (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
- Trends in Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity, Edsight Part 2 (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
- Trends in Enrollment by Sector (EdScape)
- Student Commute Patterns (EdScape)
- Distance to School by Grade Band and Sector (EdScape)
- *DRAFT* Elementary School Boundary Neighbors - Shares of at-risk students (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
Boundaries and Feeder Patterns
- Geographic Rights to Multiple DCPS Middle Schools Edsight (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education)
- DCPS School Boundaries (Maps) (DC Open Data)
