I think I went to the wrong "Donnie and Fryer 2013" because it had an abstract that made the schools sound pretty good? [1]
> youth offered admission to the Promise Academy middle school score 0.283 standard
deviations higher on a nationally-normed math achievement test and are 14.1 percentage points more
likely to enroll in college. Admitted females are 12.1 percentage points less likely to be pregnant in
their teens, and males are 4.3 percentage points less likely to be incarcerated
"The Impact of Attending a School With High Achieving Peers" is the one, which focused on tested into honors high school. Seems like some lottery charter schools do work though!
> youth offered admission to the Promise Academy middle school score 0.283 standard deviations higher on a nationally-normed math achievement test and are 14.1 percentage points more likely to enroll in college. Admitted females are 12.1 percentage points less likely to be pregnant in their teens, and males are 4.3 percentage points less likely to be incarcerated
[1] https://www.nber.org/papers/w19581