So there are apartments in your range in Capitol Hill and a number of good schools, as well. Since you work in the area, that's where I'd start. Your kid is entitled to attend his in-boundary school. When we did this a few years ago, I shopped hard for an apartment in our price range in boundary for our preferred school.

If your kid is close to middle school, be aware that middle schools in DC are weak, so you will do well to look at the quality of middle school in boundary as well.

I'd start looking at Watkins, Ludlow-Taylor, JO Wilson, and Brent--I believe they all feed into Stuart-Hobson for middle school, and it's a better option than the other Capital Hill area middle schools.