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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The magnet programming at TPES ended several years ago. [/quote]

In name only. They continue to provide enriched math and additional STEM pullouts.[/quote]

That’s always claimed here but “in name only” is ridiculous. When my child was there two years ago I asked Dr G about this alleged magnet and she said it no longer exists. [/quote]

But they still offer the exact same things as before as if it had never changed.[/quote]

Yes, my 2nd grader is in the enriched math cohort and really loves the STEM pull outs. [/quote]

It’s not a magnet.[/quote]

You can call it whatever you want, but they do the same things as when it was a magnet. [/quote]

Look my kid went there and was bored out of his mind in math. I’m familiar with this school and there is no “magnet” and it’s certainly not challenging at all for kids who are way beyond grade level and are doing more than adding and subtracting numbers under 10. Believe me I tried and was surprised at how basic the curriculum was in 2nd grade, seemingly the same as anywhere in MCPS.[/quote]

Sounds like your kid was in the regular non-enriched track.[/quote]

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