Which elementary school has the most diversity?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

You can't have it both ways. Diverse = lower test scores, less diverse = higher test scores. More so as your kid moves up to MS and HS.

I’m not from this area. I went to a diverse school where I’m from and there were high test scores. Most people went to Ivy League schools. So, I’m hoping there is something similar here.

How is this mathematically even possible? There are only 8 Ivy League schools, and they all have acceptance rates <7% (based on unverified information I found on the Internet). Maybe you're from the state of New York, and everyone at your school went to Cornell in one of the public colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the 2022 Official Report of enrollment. It has school by school breakdown by grade and by race.
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2022/OfficialEnrollmentSuppressed_2023.pdf

MCPS had a boundary analysis done a few years ago to better understand the current state of the system.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/boundary-analysis/

This part of the report has some interesting maps of the county and where different groups are. PDF page 17 (report page 189) has an interesting county-wide map showing demographic distribution.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/publicinfo/Boundary_Analysis/interim-report/02c_Diversity.pdf

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Takoma Park has exceptionally diverse schools in terms of both race and SES, and also very high test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park has exceptionally diverse schools in terms of both race and SES, and also very high test scores.

MCPS does not track the socioeconomic status (SES) of students' families.

MCPS does track whether or not students receive free or reduced meals, but that is not socioeconomic status, that is simply economic status. Also, it's a very basic measure of economic status; just yes/no on whether the student's family had a low household income that year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Op, listen to this pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Op, listen to this pp.

AKA, "I got mine and to hell with everyone else."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

You can't have it both ways. Diverse = lower test scores, less diverse = higher test scores. More so as your kid moves up to MS and HS.

I’m not from this area. I went to a diverse school where I’m from and there were high test scores. Most people went to Ivy League schools. So, I’m hoping there is something similar here.

I very much doubt that you went to a public school where "most" people went to Ivy League schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.

That’s because the rich frequently employ the poor in their home as domestics. That’s the only reason!!! Everyone i grew up with back home has a driver, two maids and a gardener. It’s just ridiculous that Americans don’t understand the real reasons Poor and rich don’t mix. It just doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.

That’s because the rich frequently employ the poor in their home as domestics. That’s the only reason!!! Everyone i grew up with back home has a driver, two maids and a gardener. It’s just ridiculous that Americans don’t understand the real reasons Poor and rich don’t mix. It just doesn’t work.

Isn't that an example of Poor and rich mixing? So does it work, or doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.

I think MoCo actually is that place, pp.

No real gated communities. Growing low income and immigrant population dispersing throughout the county.

I do think socioeconomics trump race. Like others have said, a rainbow of UMC/affluent kids is fabulous, but a school with majority low income kids isn’t an environment anyone wants for their kids. ICYMI: Latinos are moving out of majority-Latino areas in MoCo precisely because they don’t want to be surrounded by other Latinos—particularly in school. They are moving up county in droves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well.

Depends what you mean by diverse. My child's school is racially diverse. He's white and 12% of the student population is white. But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority. But everyone obviously was middle class and higher. That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, at least in the US.

Lol. Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.

I think MoCo actually is that place, pp.

No real gated communities. Growing low income and immigrant population dispersing throughout the county.

I do think socioeconomics trump race. Like others have said, a rainbow of UMC/affluent kids is fabulous, but a school with majority low income kids isn’t an environment anyone wants for their kids. ICYMI: Latinos are moving out of majority-Latino areas in MoCo precisely because they don’t want to be surrounded by other Latinos—particularly in school. They are moving up county in droves.

There are a lot of Latinos upcounty. If you were a Latino who wanted to move away from other Latinos, upcounty would not be the place to go.