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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well. [/quote]

Depends what you mean by diverse.  My child's school is racially diverse.  He's white and 12% of the student population is white.  But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority.  But everyone obviously was middle class and higher.  That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague.  [/quote]

Schools don't have a low socioeconomic status. What you're talking about, is schools where lots of students have parents who didn't go to college and don't earn a lot of money. And yes, it is common for non-poor people to want to segregate themselves from poor people, [b]at least in the US[/b].[/quote]

Lol.  Unlike the rest of the world where rich and poor live together, linking hands and singing uplifting music?[/quote]

I don't know about linking hands or singing uplifting music, but yes, there are other parts of the world where there is less spatial segregation between rich and poor.[/quote]

I think MoCo actually is that place, pp.

No real gated communities. Growing low income and immigrant population dispersing throughout the county.

I do think socioeconomics trump race. Like others have said, a rainbow of UMC/affluent kids is fabulous, but a school with majority low income kids isn’t an environment anyone wants for their kids. ICYMI: Latinos are moving out of majority-Latino areas in MoCo precisely because they don’t want to be surrounded by other Latinos—particularly in school. They are moving up county in droves. [/quote]

There are a lot of Latinos upcounty. If you were a Latino who wanted to move away from other Latinos, upcounty would not be the place to go.[/quote]

They are moving to Olney, Brookeville, Damascus, and beyond.

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ICYMI many of the Latinos moving upcounty are 2nd and 3rd generation, with enough income that they are buying 400k townhomes and 700k single family homes. Don’t use race as a proxy for SES (high or low).

OP - the county really has a mix of races, cultures, and SES status everywhere. It is very neighborhood by neighborhood as different areas were developed with different mix usage. There are 25 high schools, of which 5 definitely lean low SES and definitely lean high SES. The middle 15 are a real mix in terms of SES, race, & ELLs. There are students with high academic achievement in all High schools. Each high school offers special programs and has its own culture. Motivated students can be successful in each one. Pick your neighborhood primarily on your commute, access to your preferred activities, and what you can afford. The schools tend to work out after that.[/quote]

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