What is the vibe like in Mount Rainier?

[Anonymous]

Love the Glut!

[Anonymous]

Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

PG County actually has some really great and affordable private schools.... b/c the public schools are mediocre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our Whole Foods is better than the River Road Whole Foods but only comparable to the Friendship Heights Whole Foods.

OTOH the River Road Fresh Fields location is historic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

PG County actually has some really great and affordable private schools.... b/c the public schools are mediocre.

Can you give some examples of affordable privates that are not affiliated with a religion? How many people use thr two public elementaries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

PG County actually has some really great and affordable private schools.... b/c the public schools are mediocre.

The public schools would be good if people didn’t send their kids to private school. But it’s a private school culture county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

Just curious do you live here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

Just curious do you live here?

Yup, on bunker hill rd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any info on the schools and how that impacts a sense of community?

Mount Rainier Elementary is average. Thomas Stone is not great. Hyattsville Middle School is actually not bad. High schools are generally not great.

A lot of people send their kids to private school, which is affordable and well above average for the area. Private schools around here are diverse and rigorous. MD allows you to pay tuition tax free.

PG County actually has some really great and affordable private schools.... b/c the public schools are mediocre.

The public schools would be good if people didn’t send their kids to private school. But it’s a private school culture county.

It’s starting to happen.

[Anonymous]

Part of what happens is that the county has provided a lot of off ramps from the neighborhood schools by way of “gifted” programs and magnets, which are heavily populated by white and affluent families. So the neighborhood schools look worse off by comparison. I don’t have a solution to this I’m just pointing it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of what happens is that the county has provided a lot of off ramps from the neighborhood schools by way of “gifted” programs and magnets, which are heavily populated by white and affluent families. So the neighborhood schools look worse off by comparison. I don’t have a solution to this I’m just pointing it out.

You are probably right at some level, but the PGPS are not that great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Part of what happens is that the county has provided a lot of off ramps from the neighborhood schools by way of “gifted” programs and magnets, which are heavily populated by white and affluent families. So the neighborhood schools look worse off by comparison. I don’t have a solution to this I’m just pointing it out.

You are probably right at some level, but the PGPS are not that great.

They are getting a lot better in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the Census, there are also differences in monthly housing costs as a percent of household income. For households making $75k+ in each city:

Bethesda: 25.8% pay less than 20% of their household income on housing.

Mount Rainier: 54.6% pay less than 20% of their HHI.

My point? Higher income folks are pouring into Mount Rainier, paying little for housing, and enjoying disposable income on other things (Pennyroyal, trips to Hawaii, buying a new car)

Wow is this true about everyone in Mt Rainier taking trips to Hawaii together? What a neat neighborhood activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the Census, there are also differences in monthly housing costs as a percent of household income. For households making $75k+ in each city:

Bethesda: 25.8% pay less than 20% of their household income on housing.

Mount Rainier: 54.6% pay less than 20% of their HHI.

My point? Higher income folks are pouring into Mount Rainier, paying little for housing, and enjoying disposable income on other things (Pennyroyal, trips to Hawaii, buying a new car)

Wow is this true about everyone in Mt Rainier taking trips to Hawaii together? What a neat neighborhood activity.

Yes! The City charters a plane to Hawaii each year.