Seventy-four percent of D.C. families were offered seats at their first-choice schools in the My School DC lottery, the highest match rate since the system started almost 10 years ago, according to education officials.
D.C. saw an uptick in school lottery applications for the 2023-24 school year, representing a 3-percent increase from the current year, officials said.
“That maps pretty well to what you’re seeing in the application data, where you are seeing this increased interest in grade nine and pre-K,” she said. Despite this year’s higher-than-normal match rate, the system has long been a point of contention in a city where families have myriad options, but uneven access to them.
Capitol Hill Montessori, Washington Latin Public Charter School and the new MacArthur High School in the Palisades were among the schools that participated.
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