[quote=DaCounselor]Actually I don’t think the LJ public schools are comparable to the CV schools. Far more kids from outside the boundaries in LJ than CV. I think a quarter of LJ High students do not reside in the area. A much much higher % of free-lunchers. Everyone I know who lives in LJ sends their kids to private schools.
In CV a number of schools are overcrowded, including CV Middle. The new middle school should solve that though. Also a tremendous inflow of Asians in CV is shaping the demographic significantly.
$1.2 is going to go way further in CV. It’s going to go even further in La Costa, which is where I would be looking if I didn’t have to commute. You might want to take a look up there. I think that area trumps CV in terms of housing, schools and shopping. Good Luck![/quote]
Birdrock elementary accepted only 6% of the choice applications received. Torrey Pines elementary accepted 4%. La Jolla Elementary accepted ZERO. (Please note – I believe this includes in-cluster seminar applications. So a kid at Bird Rock or Torrey Pines who tests seminar still has to choice into La Jolla Elementary to participate in the seminar program.) Muirlands accepted 38% of the applications, and La Jolla High accepted 35% of the applications to choice in.
These are not percentages of student body, this is the percentage of people successful in applying from outside the La Jolla High cluster. It’s low because they are sought after schools.
I have a lot of friends who’ve been declined choice admittance… from such horrible areas as UC High and Scripps Ranch High. < snark > I only know one family that was successful this year. And that student is coming from La Jolla Country Day.
I wouldn’t denigrate people who live outside the La Jolla High boundaries as lesser students. And that’s the way it comes off when you site it as a negative.
