Dan from Minnesota is relocating to the Bay Area with 2 kids and needs to know what areas have top-rated school districts so he can refine his home search. Shaila from Rocky Hill has a job offer in Boston and wants to learn more about areas with good public schools within commuting distance of Boston. So where should these home buyers start their search for affordable home prices and top-rated local schools?
Trulia of course! Trulia now has test scores, parent reviews, student-teacher ratios, and more on over 125,000 schools and 14,000 school districts in the U.S. We even have profiles on well-known institutions that you thought were fictitious schools. South Park Elementary School, with a rating of 10, apparently excels when it comes to student academic performance. Who knew? West Springfield Elementary School, previously at an undisclosed location, is now found in Fairfax County PSD in VA. Marge Simpson would be proud – students at this school, on average, scored better than 70% of the students in the rest of the state. Bayside High School? We have that one too in our Palm Bay, FL Real Estate Guide.
Trulia education study launched: Trulia also released a study today that identifies cities in 9 major metro areas with top-rated schools and affordable home prices.
Trulia found that certain areas with high-performing schools in these key markets managed to buck the trend and maintain value, or even increase in value, despite the economic downturn in the real estate market. (Press release here)
Did your city make the list? Check out the results of the study to find our “educational value” cities.
Looking for homes in other areas? Find more school ratings and stats & trends for your target market on our Real Estate Guides. Or go beyond the test scores, like Dan and Shaila, and Ask a Question on Trulia Voices, to get more insight into the local schools and real estate markets. Residents, real estate pros, and other local experts can share their experience and direct you to the right local resources for more information on top schools and districts in your area.
Happy Hunting!
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March 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
This is a great site. I will add it to my blogroll.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
For another great way to help you find properties and homes according to price, location, schools, and even by neighborhoods check out Movoto. They are a great new website that specializes in making home buying a whole lot easier. It helped me find exactly what I was looking for and I couldn’t be happier.
http://www.movoto.com
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 am
Real Estate Guru - we don’t mind that you post here, but you should disclose that you are a movoto employee when making promotional comments about Movoto. It’s only fair!
March 25th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
That’s pretty cool. The only problem is that when people ask for the “best schools” they don’t know what qualities they’re looking for as the best. What makes a school good, good teachers, low crime, best grades, low class sizes? The term best school is relative.
March 26th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Trulia is a great site, my only suggestion is that when recording the audio for these videos, use a better mic or a room that does not echo.