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title: Where Denver parents most want to send their kids to school
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# [Where Denver parents most want to send their kids to school](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/where-denver-parents-most-want-to-send-their-kids-to-school)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 05/13/21

More than 23,500 families in Denver applied for school choice applications in the first two months of this year, Axios Denver's partners at Chalkbeat [report](https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/4/22410613/denver-school-choice-2021-accepted-waitlisted).

**By the numbers: **About 2,800 fewer families — particularly those with students in preschool and kindergarten — submitted their forms compared to last year, a 10.6% decline.

**Why it matters: **The trend could have big financial implications for Denver Public Schools if it continues, [according to Chalkbeat](https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/4/22417609/denver-school-choice-preschool-kindergarten).

**Chalkbeat’s database **also revealed:

- DSST Green Valley Ranch High School and East High School are the top two schools where parents want their kids to attend.
- [Read the full story here](https://news.yahoo.com/where-denver-parents-most-want-122059011.html)

 

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