Concentration of Indians in elementary School in Rockville, North Bethesda or close in Potomac

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Anonymous wrote:Indian (married to white) here. We chose the Richard Montgomery cluster because diversity was important to us, and we liked the neighborhoods feeding to it too. I've heard good things about all the elementary schools in the cluster.

We run into many Indian families at stores, extracurricular activities, etc. in the area. Also recommend India School as a way to meet similar families in the area: http://theindiaschool.com/.

Thanks for the link. We will check it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any reason you need to be in MD? Ashburn has SO many Indians.

Due to job, we need to be in MD.

[Anonymous]

We also really like the Richard Montgomery cluster...lots of cultural diversity. My older elementary kids typically have had 1-2 kids of S. Asian origin in their classes. If you're looking for a higher number of S. Asian families, I think Potomac/N. Potomac have a higher concentration of S. Asians. We've been very happy with the diversity of the RM cluster!

Their are many people teaching S. Asian arts up and down the 270 corridor and in Montgomery County. Not quite like Ashburn but still plentiful!

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Our kids are in Mcps magnet programs. Full of high achiving Indian Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We also really like the Richard Montgomery cluster...lots of cultural diversity. My older elementary kids typically have had 1-2 kids of S. Asian origin in their classes. If you're looking for a higher number of S. Asian families, I think Potomac/N. Potomac have a higher concentration of S. Asians. We've been very happy with the diversity of the RM cluster!

Their are many people teaching S. Asian arts up and down the 270 corridor and in Montgomery County. Not quite like Ashburn but still plentiful![/quote

Good to hear that there are 1-2 kids of South Asian origin in each class. I was not familiar with Ashburn and after seeing it mentioned in this thread earlier, I did some digging. We are not looking for Ashburn's level of concentration to be honest, that's too high a concentration and i am not sure it's it's even beneficial for our kids.

It looks like RM cluster is diverse. Any specific ES school feedback in RM? We don't know much about any schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We also really like the Richard Montgomery cluster...lots of cultural diversity. My older elementary kids typically have had 1-2 kids of S. Asian origin in their classes. If you're looking for a higher number of S. Asian families, I think Potomac/N. Potomac have a higher concentration of S. Asians. We've been very happy with the diversity of the RM cluster!

Their are many people teaching S. Asian arts up and down the 270 corridor and in Montgomery County. Not quite like Ashburn but still plentiful!

Good to hear that there are 1-2 kids of South Asian origin in each class. I was not familiar with Ashburn and after seeing it mentioned in this thread earlier, I did some digging. We are not looking for Ashburn's level of concentration to be honest, that's too high a concentration and i am not sure it's it's even beneficial for our kids.

It looks like RM cluster is diverse. Any specific ES school feedback in RM? We don't know much about any schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids are in Mcps magnet programs. Full of high achiving Indian Americans.

That's not going to help OP looking for Indian american faces in early elementary. Indian American may be more serious about education and may have higher percentage in magnets, but OP is looking for regular Elementary schools. Indian American parents are well integrated in most clusters, but I think North Potomac has decent concentration without being too high.

[Anonymous]

OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

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There are a good number of Indian families in the the W clusters and they have a very active social network with parties and dance classes but I will note that in my experience they are friendly but do not socialize much with other groups with a few exceptions. This might be helpful:

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/OLO%20Report%202015-1Final.pdf

Potomac Elementary is scheduled to be torn down and rebuilt so for the next 18 months the kids will be at a holding school so if you are just here for 3 to 5 years you might want to skip that.

Also North Potomac has nothing to do with Potomac but is really Rockville/Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

off topic.. but, do Arabs consider themselves Asians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a good number of Indian families in the the W clusters and they have a very active social network with parties and dance classes but I will note that in my experience they are friendly but do not socialize much with other groups with a few exceptions. This might be helpful:

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/OLO%20Report%202015-1Final.pdf

Potomac Elementary is scheduled to be torn down and rebuilt so for the next 18 months the kids will be at a holding school so if you are just here for 3 to 5 years you might want to skip that.

Also North Potomac has nothing to do with Potomac but is really Rockville/Gaithersburg.

North Potomac has as much to do with Potomac as it does with Rockville and Gaithersburg...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

off topic.. but, do Arabs consider themselves Asians?

Asian has different meaning for different folks to be honest. Most people don't mean South Asia( Indian subcontinent) when they say Asian here, but MCPS has American Indian as Asian. It's part of Asia so it's not wrong, but I immigrated from China and learned that Asian term is not used for American Indian here. Asian term is mostly used for China, Korea, Vietnam etc...

Some one else can have different take on this, most people don't think of Arabs when you say Asian. I am simply saying how Asian term is used in USA.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We also really like the Richard Montgomery cluster...lots of cultural diversity. My older elementary kids typically have had 1-2 kids of S. Asian origin in their classes. If you're looking for a higher number of S. Asian families, I think Potomac/N. Potomac have a higher concentration of S. Asians. We've been very happy with the diversity of the RM cluster!

Their are many people teaching S. Asian arts up and down the 270 corridor and in Montgomery County. Not quite like Ashburn but still plentiful!

Good to hear that there are 1-2 kids of South Asian origin in each class. I was not familiar with Ashburn and after seeing it mentioned in this thread earlier, I did some digging. We are not looking for Ashburn's level of concentration to be honest, that's too high a concentration and i am not sure it's it's even beneficial for our kids.

It looks like RM cluster is diverse. Any specific ES school feedback in RM? We don't know much about any schools.

DP... I can't speak to other ESs, but certainly there are a fair number of Indian families who live in Fallsgrove, and they go to Ritchie Park ES. Both my kids at RP (now one at JWMS) have had at least one Indian friend throughout each year. That's not to say that there aren't more than one per class, but just that they had at least one friend they played with regularly each year. We are a biracial family, too, but not Indian. There a fair number of biracial families in the RM cluster, and not just white/asian variety. There are a number of muslims, jews, christians, and a few sheiks that I've seen. RM diversity is pretty great. It's one of the reasons we chose the cluster.

hopefully someone can give you some idea about the other ESs in the cluster.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

off topic.. but, do Arabs consider themselves Asians?

Asian has different meaning for different folks to be honest. Most people don't mean South Asia( Indian subcontinent) when they say Asian here, but MCPS has American Indian as Asian. It's part of Asia so it's not wrong, but I immigrated from China and learned that Asian term is not used for American Indian here. Asian term is mostly used for China, Korea, Vietnam etc...

Some one else can have different take on this, most people don't think of Arabs when you say Asian. I am simply saying how Asian term is used in USA.

PP her who asked the question.. yes, I am fully aware of how Americans view Asians.. I'm Korean American

But, I am wondering how Arabs view themselves.

Sorry to hijack your thread OP.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP should be careful about Asian stats published by MCPS. 40% Asian could mean 2% Indian American or 10% Indian american. Don't reach much into it.

We are in Farmland Elementary and we have large number of Indian American kids attending the school. Parents are mostly NIH scientists. Here when you see Asian , it's consist mostly of Indian American and Arabs. Situation could be totally different in a different school.

off topic.. but, do Arabs consider themselves Asians?

Asian has different meaning for different folks to be honest. Most people don't mean South Asia( Indian subcontinent) when they say Asian here, but MCPS has American Indian as Asian. It's part of Asia so it's not wrong, but I immigrated from China and learned that Asian term is not used for American Indian here. Asian term is mostly used for China, Korea, Vietnam etc...

Some one else can have different take on this, most people don't think of Arabs when you say Asian. I am simply saying how Asian term is used in USA.

PP her who asked the question.. yes, I am fully aware of how Americans view Asians.. I'm Korean American

But, I am wondering how Arabs view themselves.

Sorry to hijack your thread OP.

Not the PP, but I have some Arab friends. They don't view themselves as Asian. They see themselves as Arab.