Families Target Top-Rated School Districts This Moving Season–But at a Price

Metro

Most Popular

School District

District

Rating

Median

Listing Price

Median

Listing Price,

Surrounding

Metro

Premium

vs.

Surrounding

Metros (%)

Premium

vs.

Surrounding

Metros ($)

Locale

Pupil/

Teacher

Ratio

School

Walkability

Score

(out of 10)

Atlanta-Sandy

Springs-Roswell,

GA

Fayette County

School District

8

$597,617

$420,282

42.2 %

$177,335

Suburb: Large

13.62

0.79

Austin-Round

Rock-San

Marcos, TX

Wimberley

Independent

School District

8

$835,900

$520,300

60.7 %

$315,600

Rural: Distant

14.81

0.02

Baltimore-

Columbia-

Towson, MD

Harford County

Public Schools

7

$451,805

$399,966

13.0 %

$51,839

Suburb: Mid

14.21

1.90

Birmingham, AL

Mountain

Brook City

School District

10

$1,046,408

$306,433

241.5 %

$739,975

Suburb: Large

11.47

3.46

Boston-

Cambridge-

Newton, MA-NH

*Duxbury

School District

9

$1,569,167

$858,641

82.8 %

$710,526

Suburb: Large

11.91

0.29

Buffalo-

Cheektowaga, NY

East Aurora

Union Free

School District

8

$485,408

$299,750

61.9 %

$185,658

Town: Fringe

10.85

2.85

Charlotte-

Concord-

Gastonia, NC-SC

Iredell-

Statesville

School District

5

$486,017

$451,311

7.7 %

$34,706

Suburb: Large

16.36

0.11

Chicago-

Naperville-Elgin,

IL-IN

Mokena

School District

159

8

$493,533

$378,933

30.2 %

$114,600

Suburb: Large

14.32

3.79

Cincinnati, OH-

KY-IN

Forest Hills

Local School

District

7

$543,800

$353,308

53.9 %

$190,492

Suburb: Large

17.09

3.43

Cleveland, OH

Bay Village

City School

District

8

$616,492

$273,608

125.3 %

$342,884

Suburb: Large

14.9

3.68

Columbus, OH

Granville

Exempted

Village School

District

8

$651,583

$390,783

66.7 %

$260,800

Suburb: Small

18.38

0.15

Dallas-Fort

Worth-Arlington,

TX

Carroll

Independent

School District

9

$2,159,833

$439,967

390.9 %

$1,719,866

Suburb: Large

15.31

3.42

Denver-Aurora-

Centennial, CO

Platte Canyon

1 School

District

7

$642,025

$603,317

6.4 %

$38,708

Rural: Distant

13.42

0.00

Detroit-Warren-

Dearborn, MI

Trenton Public

Schools

7

$249,290

$276,650

-9.9 %

-$27,360

Suburb: Large

16.42

6.28

Grand Rapids-

Wyoming-

Kentwood, MI

East Grand

Rapids Public

Schools

9

$890,817

$417,400

113.4 %

$473,417

Suburb: Large

18.26

7.64

Hartford-West

Hartford-East

Hartford, CT

Old Saybrook

School District

7

$938,158

$460,933

103.5 %

$477,225

Suburb: Large

8.84

1.17

Houston-

Pasadena-The

Woodlands, TX

Humble

Independent

School District

6

$360,056

$372,475

-3.3 %

-$12,419

Suburb: Large

14.36

4.61

Indianapolis-

Carmel-

Greenwood, IN

Carmel Clay

Schools

8

$617,808

$334,741

84.6 %

$283,067

City: Mid

15.92

2.99

Jacksonville, FL

St. Johns

County School

District

8

$553,317

$407,497

35.8 %

$145,820

Suburb: Large

17.76

0.24

Kansas City, MO-

KS

Shawnee

Mission Pub

School

6

$506,225

$406,499

24.5 %

$99,726

City: Mid

13.93

4.99

Las Vegas-

Henderson-North

Las Vegas, NV

**Clark County

School District*

6

$479,950

$479,996

0.0 %

-$46

City: Large

20.71

4.43

Los Angeles-Long

Beach-Anaheim,

CA

Laguna Beach

Unified School

District

9

$4,959,833

$1,175,328

322.0 %

$3,784,505

Suburb: Large

18.79

2.60

Louisville/Jefferson

County, KY-IN

Oldham

County School

District

7

$585,150

$325,888

79.6 %

$259,262

Suburb: Large

16.5

0.20

Memphis, TN-MS-

AR

Germantown

Municipal

School District

8

$565,828

$345,717

63.7 %

$220,111

Suburb: Large

14.58

3.49

Miami-Fort

Lauderdale-West

Palm Beach, FL

Palm Beach

County School

District

6

$496,080

$509,983

-2.7 %

-$13,903

Suburb: Large

16.57

2.42

Milwaukee-

Waukesha, WI

New Berlin

School District

8

$449,008

$406,483

10.5 %

$42,525

Suburb: Large

15.64

2.57

Minneapolis-

St. Paul-

Bloomington,

MN-WI

Stillwater Area

Public School

District

7

$656,625

$442,967

48.2 %

$213,658

Town: Fringe

18.85

1.51

Nashville-

Davidson–

Murfreesboro–

Franklin, TN

Franklin

School District

7

$775,950

$547,450

41.7 %

$228,500

City: Small

10.58

3.70

New York-

Newark-Jersey

City, NY-NJ

Holmdel

Township

School District

8

$1,361,583

$785,500

73.3 %

$576,083

Suburb: Large

10.14

1.47

Oklahoma City,

OK

Edmond

School District

7

$471,128

$327,442

43.9 %

$143,686

Suburb: Large

17.47

2.75

Orlando-

Kissimmee-

Sanford, FL

Seminole

County Public

Schools

6

$437,703

$429,123

2.0 %

$8,580

Suburb: Large

17.14

2.88

Philadelphia-

Camden-

Wilmington, PA-

NJ-DE-MD

New Hope-

Solebury

School District

8

$1,249,567

$385,800

223.9 %

$863,767

Town: Fringe

11.32

1.82

Phoenix-Mesa-

Chandler, AZ

Cave Creek

Unified District

7

$1,656,908

$516,667

220.7 %

$1,140,241

City: Mid

17.51

0.01

Pittsburgh, PA

Peters

Township

School District

9

$540,304

$252,409

114.1 %

$287,895

Suburb: Large

15.74

2.07

Portland-

Vancouver-

Hillsboro, OR-WA

Lake Oswego

School District 7j

8

$1,324,958

$608,567

117.7 %

$716,391

Suburb: Large

16.7

5.93

Providence-

Warwick, RI-MA

Narragansett

School District

8

$1,173,083

$599,950

95.5 %

$573,133

Suburb: Large

11.05

0.34

Raleigh-Cary, NC

Johnston

County School

District

7

$370,767

$459,723

-19.3 %

-$88,956

Rural: Fringe

15.18

0.24

Richmond, VA

Chesterfield

County Public

Schools

5

$480,081

$455,375

5.4 %

$24,706

Suburb: Large

13.84

1.37

Riverside-San

Bernardino-

Ontario, CA

Alta Loma

Elementary

School District

8

$883,825

$599,965

47.3 %

$283,860

Suburb: Large

24.49

5.48

Sacramento-

Roseville-Folsom,

CA

Eureka Union

School District

9

$1,235,083

$632,154

95.4 %

$602,929

Suburb: Large

23.76

5.02

St. Louis, MO-IL

Ladue School

District

8

$968,247

$299,950

222.8 %

$668,297

Suburb: Large

13.82

5.04

San Antonio-New

Braunfels, TX

Alamo Heights

Independent

School District

8

$580,183

$339,992

70.6 %

$240,191

City: Large

12.91

6.33

San Diego-Chula

Vista-Carlsbad,

CA

Del Mar Union

Elementary

School District

8

$2,194,583

$992,500

121.1 %

$1,202,083

City: Large

19.99

4.67

San Francisco-

Oakland-Fremont,

CA

Reed Union

Elementary

School District

9

$4,029,750

$995,767

304.7 %

$3,033,983

Suburb: Large

14.99

2.86

San Jose-

Sunnyvale-Santa

Clara, CA

Morgan Hill

Unified School

District

6

$1,469,500

$1,397,398

5.2 %

$72,102

Suburb: Mid

21.56

4.13

Seattle-Tacoma-

Bellevue, WA

Peninsula

School District

7

$934,575

$794,571

17.6 %

$140,004

Suburb: Large

18.46

0.13

Tampa-St.

Petersburg-

Clearwater, FL

Hillsborough

County Public

School District

5

$449,667

$417,167

7.8 %

$32,500

Suburb: Large

18.32

3.57

Tucson, AZ

Catalina

Foothills

Unified District

9

$546,942

$391,500

39.7 %

$155,442

Suburb: Large

17.2

2.16

Virginia Beach-

Chesapeake-

Norfolk, VA-NC

Currituck

County School

District

6

$701,133

$415,000

68.9 %

$286,133

Rural: Distant

15.95

0.01

Washington-

Arlington-

Alexandria, DC-

VA-MD-WV

Prince William

County Public

Schools

6

$642,865

$624,133

3.0 %

$18,732

Suburb: Large

15.04

3.62

*Data from Boston Public Schools and Cambridge Public Schools are under review and were excluded from consideration in this analysis; ** Las Vegas

metro only has one school district

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