Originally Posted by
SEAtoSummit
I'm always curious about how folks quantify "good schools". Having been sent all over the US with the military, I still haven't cracked the code with three kids, aged 10-15. The only school we feel that was "bad" for our oldest was a middle school in Florida. He struggled and ultimately repeated 7th grade due to a number of reasons. Ironically, the elementary school in the same district was fantastic for our younger two. What metrics are you using to pick a school district? Word of mouth? Test scores? Ivy League acceptance rate? Class sizes? Greatschools.org rating? All of those could be arguably inaccurate. Am I missing something?
Greatschools.org is very useful. I’d argue every metric and rating system has their own bias, so looking at multiple sources of information is probably beneficial.
I believe family income is the strongest correlate of whether a school is considered “good” or not.