We wanted to see how the proposed DCPS consolidation plan would impact the ability of students affected by the closures to be able to attend a school within a 1 mile walk.
We reached out DC Action for Children and they (thank you, Kate Kairys!) built the following map (super quickly!), which show all DC Public Schools, as well as a one mile radius around those proposed for closure. It helps to see actual impact on a map. Check out DC Kids Count 2012 Databook Tools and Maps for a rich data about DC children and resources available to them (from school performance, to assets like grocery stores and libraries) where they live.
What do you see? How will this impact your community?
Do you have any sense of the population of students by school level in- and outside of the radii?
Hi Susie! We don’t have that data, but it’s a good question to ask DCPS, as I believed they used that kind of data to make the closure decisions. In the meantime, here’s another great DC Kids Count map that shows population by ward for children under 5 in 2010. http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/Map.aspx?state=DC&order=a&ind=6747&dtm=13833&ch=123&tf=11%2c876%2c133
There are also enrollment numbers for each school proposed for closure here: http://dc.gov/DCPS/Parents+and+Community/DCPS+Proposed+Consolidations+and+Reorganization/Individual+School+Proposals. Doesn’t exactly answer your Q, but might help w/ the picture.
For the record, Francis-Stevens is both Elementary and Middle. Does make it more or less sad, just more accurate I guess.