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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bronxville and Edgemont are top districts- as good as any district in DMV. Scarsdale is even a step above but having grown up there, I’d prefer a more low key area where there may be actually non-white/asian person in school and it is not a total pressure cooker. Eg, Pelham, Hastings. Still great college results, school focused, good commute to 125th street, etc. YMMV though [/quote]

I agree with this. At that budget you are the poor folk in Bronxville or Scarsdale and they are pretty homogeneous (Scarsdale is super Jewish (I'm Jewish), Bronxville is very white/non-Jewish), though this has been gradually changing. The river towns like the poster above suggested (Hastings) have very good schools but are more affordable and down to earth. Irvington is also among them.

Larchmont is also a nice town with good schools and a very easy commute. Probably somewhere in between the two groupings above.

I think the Westchester suggestions are far and away the best. But there are also some towns just across the bridge in NJ that have good schools like Closter and Demarest. There are others as well - I know other parts of NJ better so will defer to others rather than guess. However, you would likely be driving from these towns - it is a pretty easy drive but not perfect.

Assuming apartment living in Manhattan is not an option? It seems like given your circumstances the burbs work better, but just throwing it out there. Happy to provide suggestions for good neighborhoods in the city. Though switching schools for fifth grade is tough anywhere, but particularly in city schools.[/quote]

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