Help Evaluating Schools from Afar...GreatSchools?

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Great Schools definitely tilts towards a higher SES.

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Anonymous wrote:No smart home buyer consults Great Schools -- it's not a reliable arbiter of school quality at all. None of those sites really are. No one takes Great Schools seriously.

Most home buyers start with Greatschools and go on from there.

Horse shit. A few gullible ones do. But not "most."

are you more horse, or more shit, to ignore one of the most obvious and objective markers of school quality?

It doesn't really show quality - more like SES level. But maybe that does mean quality to you...

Lady, what it shows it academic scores. Not more, not less. True, those are correlated to a number of numbers, including SES, resources, teacher experience, parent involvement...but don't get confused. I don't care about SES -- I do care about the academic environment my kid may be joining, and GS scores are a great starting point (not an end point).

I understand some people believe in fairies...well, best luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Great Schools definitely tilts towards a higher SES.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Budget is $350k. Where can we get a sfh with great school?

Nowhere.