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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Takoma Park schools are recognized for their diverse student body and racial and socioeconomic diversity. While this may result in lower test averages compared to more segregated areas, these schools still provide the best educational opportunities available in Montgomery County.

TPES stands out for hosting the county's only elementary school magnet program, which includes enriched and accelerated math courses. Additionally, TPES is a focus school with smaller class sizes than other schools. For instance, their kindergarten class previously had only 16 students during DC's tenure.

PBES, on the other hand, offers an exceptional local CES program that provides an outstanding learning experience for students. With only 1-2 classes per grade and around 200 students in each grade, there is ample space for 15%-25% of the students to participate. However, the program remains competitive, and even students who score highly on the CogAT can be waitlisted due to the lottery system.

TPMS is the home of the highly-regarded MS STEM magnet program, providing selected students with enriched math, science, and computer science courses. With only 100 seats available, it's a highly competitive program. However, an additional 25 seats are set aside for in-boundary students. About a third of the TPMS magnet students end up at Blair SMSC STEM magnet. The TPMS math team is also a highly regarded EC. Students compete at the highest levels often in high-school contests. Many of these opportunities aren't available at other schools.

Blair High School, which serves the Takoma Park area. The TPMS magnet does a fantastic job preparing students for the Blair STEM magnet. Nevertheless, (any) students who meet the prerequisites can take advanced magnet classes in 11th and 12th grades, such as Cell Biology, Complex Analysis, Linear Algebra, or AI Programming. Interestingly, white students at Blair had the highest average SAT score of any MCPS school, averaging 1326. Some claim this was due to the magnet, which seems unlikely since it's primarily Asian. Blair remains a fine school with numerous opportunities for academic enrichment. People often remark that it's very well organized and run. [/quote]

This whole post is written like some weird advertisement for parents of the gifted and talented. The ES magnet at TPES was discontinued a couple of years ago. I think that upper NW elementaries are generally going to be better than DCC elementary schools mostly because the PTA's are able to raise a ton of money and can hire extra staffing. TPMS is the best DCC middle school. Is it better than Deal? You'd have to find someone that has had kids at both. Blair vs. JR? My guess is that they are a similar experience. Blair is a very large school, so can offer a lot of different classes.[/quote]

It was only a matter of time until Blair envy reared its ugly head. TPMS is the best MS in the county period, and the TPES magnet is closed in name only. The school still has additional STEM content and enriched math well beyond other MCPS elementary schools. Blair is a fantastic school with the best college outcomes of any school in the county, according to the data published in Bethesda Beat.[/quote]

They're probably new and just realized the Takoma mafia has been running the county for decades.[/quote]

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