What is a feeder pattern school?
A feeder pattern school is a school that a student has the right to attend based on completion of the terminal grade of a student's current school. This assignment only happens during the years a student moves from elementary to middle school, or from middle school to high school, or from an education campus to a high school.
What is a geographic feeder pattern?
Geographic feeder pattern schools are grouped by school boundary and proximity. Geographic feeder pattern rights extend to students who enrolled in a school through a formal placement as well as those who enrolled out-of-boundary through the My School DC lottery. Geographic feeder pattern rights do not extend to students who enroll as in-boundary students and then move out of the boundary, or to out-of-boundary students who withdraw.
What is a programmatic feeder pattern?
Programmatic feeder pattern schools/programs are organized by a specialized program of study (such as Dual Language). A programmatic feeder pattern provides the right for a student enrolled in a specialized school/program to enroll in the next level school within the specialized course of study as they transition into middle or high school.
Additional Resources
DCPS Feeder Booklet
Listed Feeder Patterns
DCPS Middle School Booklet
DCPS High School Booklet