One of the most common questions that buyers ask agents is which schools are the best. This is not a question an agent can answer for a buyer - each person's criteria for "best school" may be very different. Buyers might want to think through what would be essential to them in a school, and then it will be easier to locate resources where you can see how well each school stacks up on those particular items that you have rated as essential to you.
Some things I have heard buyers want to know about the various schools are:
What is the average classroom size?
What are the average test scores?
What is the graduation rate for the high school?
Have the school levies passed or failed in recent years?
How many portable classrooms does the school use to house classes?
What programs in art, music, foreign languages etc are available?
Has the school or any individual teachers won any awards in recent years?
Is there active parent participation in the school? How are parents interacting with the school?
What is the mission statement or philosophy statement of the school or district?
Does the high school have any special graduation requirements?
How many high school graduates go on to college? How well do they do there?
Many of these questions can be answered by the individual websites for the school districts or the site for the Superintendent of Public Instruction's office. Parents may also want to visit the school and/or particular classrooms for the ages of their children. Asking other parents their opinions of the school can also be useful - another great reason to knock on the doors of some neighbors of the house you are considering!
What other criteria would be important to you in choosing a school? What has worked for you in the past as a method to evaluate a particular school?
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