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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. I appreciate all of the input. Only folks who know both Silver Spring and Arlington will be able to answer this but is Silver Spring thought of as “similar” (in demographics and school quality) to south Arlington and Bethesda/Chevy Chase is thought of as similar to North Arlington (whiter, wealthier, schools with higher Great Schools ratings)?

The schools matter to me A LOT, and as much as I’m skeptical of the Great Schools ratings, it’s all I have to go on. They are generally good for Silver Spring. Montgomery Blair and James Hubert Blake are both 6s. Einstein is a 5.[/quote]
OP, in every single post on DCUM about Silver Spring, there will be those of us who are affluent, educated and very happy with the schools our children attend. There will also be people who don’t live in Silver Spring and are convinced that Silver Spring offers nothing but poverty and dodging bullets. 
Silver Spring is much more diverse racially and economically than Bethesda and north Arlington. Great Schools scores are heavily correlated with income. DD attends a Silver Spring middle school that I think is a 6 or 7 on GS. She scores in 95th percentile on standardized tests. She is getting a great education. We have a combined 4 Ivy League degrees in our family. But posters who don’t live in Silver Spring will tell you that families like ours don’t exist in Silver Spring.
You will have to decide for yourself who to believe.[/quote]

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