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[quote=Anonymous]You can see the maps on the Montgomery County Schools website, but the Kensington area includes three different high schools: the Town of Kensington and Kensington Parkwood goes to Walter Johnson High School, parts of South Kensington go to Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, and North Kensington and Kensington Heights go to Einstein High School. They are all relatively walkable to the small downtown area, with some parts closer than others.

There is a significant housing price difference among, on one hand, the more expensive BCC/Walter Johnson part and, on the other hand, the less expensive Einstein part. I live in the Einstein part and we have loved our elementary school (Oakland Terrace), our location, our neighbors, everything. It's full of young families and has lots of parks and is ideal in everything except for those people (like above) who tell me that Einstein is BAD. The fact is that Einstein draws many more low-income students than the other Kensington schools, so its average test scores are lower. It also draws from neighborhoods with many more Hispanic students. I have no idea if my kids will like the high school because they're not there yet. But if you value diversity in a neighborhood you will want to look at the north part because the other parts are almost all white. And you also can get more house for your money over on the north side. [/quote]

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