Best Schools

Affordable Neighborhoods with A+ Best Schools in America’s Top 20 Metros All across America, parents struggle to find the best public schools for their children. They study test scores, class sizes, spending per student, college admissions and other data, honing in on the best school systems. But once parents have identified those fantastic school districts in their area, many are met with an insurmountable obstacle, namely the high cost of buying a house in the district so their children can attend the schools. It can stop most parents in their tracts. It is a well-known fact that, generally, and with all else being equal, better schools command higher housing prices. Sometimes way higher. This often leaves parents who want the best schools for their children feeling trapped into having to settle for far lesser schools because they simply cannot afford to buy a home in the best school districts. Because of this seemingly intractable barrier of housing costs as the cost of entry into the best school districts, NeighborhoodScout.com has aimed it’s search engines at the problem with the goal of uncovering those neighborhoods that offer the best public schools for your housing dollar in each of American’s 20 largest metropolitan areas. We have identified a #1 pick neighborhood in each metropolitan area. These 20 neighborhoods offer a way to buy into great schools relative to the quality of schools in each of these metro areas, at jaw-dropping good prices. Most people expect to pay double these home prices to get into school districts of this quality in many metro areas. In some cases the findings here cut the expected housing costs in half, right out of the gate. These neighborhoods also have good educational environments (numerous college educated neighbors, few children living in poverty), as well as top-notch school systems. These may not be the cheapest neighborhoods in your metropolitan area, but they are the lowest cost neighborhoods for the top quality public schools most parents want for their children. Without further ado, here is the list. And the keys to the kingdom. NeighborhoodScout’s picks of the neighborhoods in the top 20 metros with the best public schools for your dollar: Metro Area Neighborhood Median House Value Scout’s Exclusive Neighborhood Public School Rating (100 is best) Chicago, IL Elmhurst, IL (Grand Ave) $260,105 86 Boston, MA Brookline, MA (Brookline Village) $390,447 98 New York, NY Queens, NY (Springfield Blvd / Kingsbury Ave) $234,924 92 Philadelphia, PA Narberth, PA (Hollow Rd / Hagys Ford Rd) $274,086 96 Dallas, TX Richardson, TX (E Renner Rd / N Plano Rd) $259,597 90 Los Angeles, CA Los Alamitos, CA (Katella Ave / Los Alamitos Blvd) $411,225 87 San Francisco, CA Walnut Creek, CA (Terra Granada Dr / Ptarmigan Dr) $380,093 90 Houston, TX Friendswood, TX (Fm 528 Rd / Canal Dr) $218,832 94 Miami, FL Hallandale Beach, FL (S Ocean Dr / Hallandale Ave) $184,819 52 Phoenix, AZ Gilbert, AZ (E Williams Field Rd / S Power Rd) $199,242 75 Washington, DC Laurel, MD (High Ridge) $279,307 88 Atlanta, GA Fayetteville, GA (Forrest Ave / White Rd) $202,980 65 Detroit, MI Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (Norwood Dr / Mack Ave) $169,503 91 Seattle, WA Kirkland, WA (NE 116th St / 120th Ave NE) $281,273 94 Minneapolis, MN St. Anthony, MN (City Center) $202,431 95 Cleveland, OH Bay Village, OH (Lake Rd / Dover Center Rd) $152,392 90 San Diego, CA San Diego, CA (Carmel Mountain Rd / Rancho Penasquitos Blvd) $232,452 77 Saint Louis, MO Brentwood, MO (City Center) $167,649 96 Denver, CO Littleton, CO (S Federal Blvd / W Belleview Ave) $184,360 92 Tampa, FL Wesley Chapel, FL (Town Center) $194,378 53

Best Schools

Affordable Neighborhoods with A+ Schools