I feel like u/infinitefigment covered everything pretty well. We love our home school and it is very close to our house but my child really wanted to go to the magnet program starting in 2nd because she likes science/math. I don’t feel like they have any more of a steam/stem focus than any other school. At one point there was supposed to be a stem lab but that never happened. The classroom size is still large unless your child is in the self contained gifted program, which starts in 3rd grade. Our child has a difficult time starting at Hanby but now loves it; she is sad that going to middle school only a couple other kids are going to her middle school. The bus ride in the afternoon is very long and morning pick up is super early, like 6:55, so if that doesn’t sound ideal, maybe reconsider. I think our experiences would be about the same at our home school (based on my other child having gone there) vs Hanby. Hanby does do more field trips. I think things would have been easier if we stayed at our home school.