Hi, I know this topic has been touched on before, but nothing in recent years and we know things can change. We are considering a move into the area east of downtown SS. We have a 6 year old who would be going to East Silver Spring Elementary. I have little to no recent information on this school, other than greatschoolratings which I know may be a flawed metric. Our expectations for an elementary school are fairly basic - that they are safe, with a positive learning environment. Our main concern is if a good amount of the student body is not that academically inclined, it may not be a positive influence on our child. I'm not saying this is the case with East SS, we just have no idea. We did see that there is a small teacher to student ratio which is promising. We find the area itself very appealing including the level of diversity. Of course there can be challenges in any school environment, but given that we don't know much of anything about this school, any recent insights you all could hopefully provide would much appreciated, since we need to make a decision before next school year. Thanks!