Germantown Elementary #1 Ranked Public in Maryland

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https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-elementary-schools/best-overall/s/maryland/

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The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

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If that's the outcome, the methodology is clearly fatally flawed.

Rankings can show anything, depending on how they are done, doesn't make them true.

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Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

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Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Guess these statistics must me wrong too. Thanks for learnin' the rest of us with your smarts.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/POL/Resources/Files/crime/MCPCrimeReport2014.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:If that's the outcome, the methodology is clearly fatally flawed.

Rankings can show anything, depending on how they are done, doesn't make them true.

Please enlighten us with the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Thanks for the morning giggle, PP.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02102.pdf
http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/GermantownES.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

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Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

But Cold Spring is #2 and they are lily white.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

But Cold Spring is #2 and they are lily white.

Has a HGC in it to boost scores

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

Good point.

I live in Germantown and am assaulted on average at least once per year. All of my closest friends have been murdered.

My children have to alter routes periodically on their walk to school to avoid the firefights.

So, this isn't what life is like in Potomac?

[Anonymous]

Its a great school, glad its being recognized. Not zoned in a high crime area at all. There are cities and there are neighborhoods within cities that run the gamut throughout the whole county.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

I walked right through the Germantown ES area the day before yesterday. If only I had known that I was taking my life in my hands!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

We are not talking about all of Germantown we are talking about Germantown ES and the neighborhoods that feed into that school. This school is not in a high crime neighborhood nor does it have any high crime neighborhoods feeding into this school.

Just like I would not describe StoneGate elementary school in Silver Spring as a "high crime" area.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

Good point.

I live in Germantown and am assaulted on average at least once per year. All of my closest friends have been murdered.

My children have to alter routes periodically on their walk to school to avoid the firefights.

So, this isn't what life is like in Potomac?

Not the PP and I sense your sarcasm but you can't deny that Germantown is rising in crime every year. So is Gaithersburg. If it keeps up, I would be very concerned. Not only for safety but the equity in my home too.