How important is the school zone? (especially elementary school)

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Jan 19 35 Comments

Hey friends on blind, I would really appreciate your opinions here.

We are in our early thirties living in the bay area. We don’t have kids yet but plan to. We live in a 1600+ SFH right now but are considering switching to a larger one sometime this year. Plan to live in the next home for 10 years or so.

Everyone says a good public elementary school is important. However, I also kept hearing that private school works better in many perspectives.

Assume I have a strong preference for my future kids to go to private elementary school, how important is the school zone? Since I am only planning for the next 10 years, I assume I only need to focus on elementary school.

Sincerely appreciate any thoughts!

PS: I’m reading and liking all replies, thank you all for the input!

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  • New
    kwaB72

    New

    kwaB72
    Also, the Challenger school is almost 20k a year from grades 1 to 5.. that’s crazy 🙈 are you sure you want to send them to a private school?
    Jan 19 6
    • Walmart
      blue🌊

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      blue🌊
      @New Couldn’t agree more. We are in a good school district but still go to private. (Bought few years ago when things weren’t this crazy). Public schools unfortunately have been disappointing. But I know a lot of people are happy with public, I guess everyone is different
      Jan 19
    • Apple
      nXNX45

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      nXNX45
      Jeez is it really 800k now 😳 it was 200-300 back when i was home hunting and that itself was a lot of $$.
      Jan 19
  • Netflix
    He$DeadJim

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    He$DeadJim
    It’s substantially important to buyers and your home value. Most people aren’t thrilled with dropping 20-30k per kid per year for a swanky private school.

    Many people use school scores as a filter as it’s usually a good proxy for the quality and safety of the neighborhood as a whole. If you’re not an 8+, then they don’t consider the home.
    Jan 19 4
    • Apple
      vsynct

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      vsynct
      Unfortunately there aren’t many public high schools that are good in South Bay. Neighborhoods in the handful of good public high schools are in demand. Another issue is folks who do not have school going kids usually don’t understand the intricacies of choosing schools and make a compromise or mistake.
      Jan 19
    • Netflix
      He$DeadJim

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      He$DeadJim
      The lack of affordability around any good school districts in the South Bay is exactly why I don’t live there anymore. South Bay is so hit and miss. Moved out to the Tri-Valley. Schools are excellent.

      It’s sucks how bad schools generally are in the South Bay.
      Jan 19
  • PayPal
    aaaaabbbbb

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    aaaaabbbbb
    If you care, good elementary schools will cost more, appreciate more, and retain value better in a down market.
    Jan 19 0
  • Apple
    vsynct

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    vsynct
    Ideally you should be working from the other end. Pick the high school that you want to your kids to attend and work downwards.
    Jan 19 2
    • PayPal
      aaaaabbbbb

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      aaaaabbbbb
      For reasons that defy logic, people care an outsized amount about elementary and middle schools and quite a bit less about high schools. 🤷‍♂️

      Edit: specifically meant for starter homes (3BR)
      Jan 19
    • New
      kwaB72

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      kwaB72
      Yeah we picked a high schools with a test score and academic progress as 9 too! But we had to compromise on the house size due to our budget 🙈
      Jan 19
  • Public high schools in America suck big time, plan for private high school, except for very very few number of top high schools.
    But public elementary and middle is a good choice, you will have a good neighbourhood with low crime rate in a good school district
    Jan 19 2