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[quote=Anonymous]Good school pyramids are overrated IMHO.  you are paying higher RE costs because you hope good schools will really educate your kids and set them up for success and help them thrive and immerse them in some culture of success.  It's not true.  It's still entirely up to you and mostly it is parental involvement that gets these high ratings and scores.

What schools provide is competitive environment and tougher grading standards to have your kids work harder to get that A, especially in AP classes (and there is peer pressure to take more AP classes than needed).   This means that if you give it to school to educate your kids and you aren't deeply involved, monitoring their progress, sending them to tutors if they are struggling with anything in timely manner then your kids are not going to be better off than graduating from lower rated schools.  In fact they may be A students in a weaker school district while in top rated districts they may struggle to get a B.  Also, overall culture isn't always as academic or personal growth oriented as you think.  There is a lot of internet influence, and culture of brain rot and drugs and promiscuity too even in wealthier top rated school districts. [/quote]

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