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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like a straightforward summary from the &quot;reality&quot; posters. Why should parents use GreatSchools to self-segregate by race, which was the original question. [/quote]

Race is always a red herring.  You can sub for Socioeconomic status which is highly correlated with race especially in this area but it should never be about race.  The facts do bare out that overall test scores Asians &gt; Whites &gt; Hispanics &gt; Blacks and surprise surprise that is the same chain for SocioEconomic status.  Now before I get jumped on this is on average.  Of course there are going to be people who don't fit the trends.

You should use GreatSchools to find the environments where you are surrounded with people that are the &quot;smartest&quot;  Now I am the first to admit, are test scores really the best proxy for intelligence perhaps not but it's kind of like capitalism it's the best model we have to go on.

So combining the two being around people of higher SocioEconomic Status provides positive outcomes.  It's no surprise that greatschools scores almost always correlate with overall housing prices in an area.  People pay more me to be in better school districts.  Its been this way for years.  Greatschools has just provided the data.
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