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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s my best understanding, as I’ve just completed school diligence on many schools, including Wood Acres and Mann:

The schools will feel very different, OP, as do the neighborhoods around them - but all three are regarded as great both in terms of academics and school culture.

Wood Acres is a suburban Bethesda school and is the largest of the three, with four classes per grade and around 95 kids per grade. Single family homes abound in the neighborhood and are more affordable than in the other two school neighborhoods you are considering. No foreign language is taught. Racial and socioeconomic diversity is low, though there are a number of international families. Everyone who attends lives in-boundary for the school, because there is no lottery system in Montgomery County. Most students stay in the public system and go on to Pyle Middle school and the top-rated Whitman High school.

Mann is an urban school but in a part of DC that feels more suburban. The homes are very expensive nearby. Mann has three classes and appx 60 kids per grade. Mann has three unique features, IMHO: two teachers per class for all of K-5, foreign language (Spanish) for PK, K and 1, and a sort of garden “lab” that on the 3rd floor that they use to teach kids about sustainability. It is quite international but has low socioeconomic diversity. Appx 80% of the student body lives in-boundary. 50% of graduates go on to private school.

Ross is very much a city school and is the smallest of the three (one class per grade). I didn’t consider it because it was too urban for us, and I feared the social dynamics of such a small grade. But it is very popular.

I think your biggest question is: do you want to be in a city or live in the suburbs? The atmosphere is very different in the suburbs though all three are located in great neighborhoods.
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