Anonymous
11/02/2025 19:25
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We love Wildwood in Bethesda (Ashburton ES)
Honest question, I’ve always heard that ashburton was the weakest and most over crowded of all the Bethesda Elementarys. Is that outdated
Academically I think it's on par with Wyngate (I've had a child at each) but Ashburton is definitely among the most overcrowded elementary schools in the area.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 14:21
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:We love Wildwood in Bethesda (Ashburton ES)
Honest question, I’ve always heard that ashburton was the weakest and most over crowded of all the Bethesda Elementarys. Is that outdated
Anonymous
11/01/2025 22:36
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Be aware though that Cold Spring is an open school meaning that there are no walls between classrooms. It may be a difficult environment for some kids, especially those who get distracted easily.
Isn't it being rebuilt?
Anonymous
11/01/2025 19:09
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Somerset is great neighborhood school
Anonymous
10/31/2025 17:22
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
We love Wildwood in Bethesda (Ashburton ES)
Anonymous
10/31/2025 16:34
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Families who want their kids to do algebra in Kindergarten? Is that this school?
you must have old info. it's calculus these days.
Anonymous
10/31/2025 15:57
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Be aware though that Cold Spring is an open school meaning that there are no walls between classrooms. It may be a difficult environment for some kids, especially those who get distracted easily.
Cold Spring is tentatively scheduled to move to a holding school from 2029-2031, while its building is being rebuilt.
Anonymous
10/31/2025 15:55
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Wyngate. If you live on the Wyngate side of Old Georgetown, you also have the middle school (North Bethesda) in the neighborhood.
Anonymous
10/31/2025 10:52
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Be aware though that Cold Spring is an open school meaning that there are no walls between classrooms. It may be a difficult environment for some kids, especially those who get distracted easily.
Anonymous
10/31/2025 10:15
Subject: Re:Top ES with neighborhood feel?
I would Rec looking past Elementary as well, Westbrook and Somerset are lovely if you like Westland and BCC. Woodacres or bannockburn elementary are lovely too if you like Pyle or Whitman
Anonymous
10/31/2025 09:47
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Families who want their kids to do algebra in Kindergarten? Is that this school?
Anonymous
10/31/2025 02:15
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Somerset and Westbrook are both nice
Anonymous
10/30/2025 23:01
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Anonymous wrote:It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Copenhaver is fantastic. The park in that community is amazing. I always wanted to buy a house that backed to the park when the kids were younger.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 22:57
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
It’s outside of your area but Cold Spring in Potomac. The school is always highly ranked but it’s a very small school and the neighborhoods that feed in are friendly (Fox Hills West and Copenhaver).
Anonymous
10/30/2025 19:08
Subject: Top ES with neighborhood feel?
Looking at:
- Kensington
- Bethesda
- Chevy Chase
Thanks!