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I wouldn’t go off realtor (or REALTOR as they think it should be) stuff. The schools around their houses are a 9 or 10, around the other houses they don’t have listed they are all 1s and 2s.
This is interesting to know. I often look at the school rankings there, especially as I search in DSM. I have no idea which DMPS districts are good and which are not.
Never had a realtor not talk up anything to help their sale or talk down the competition to hurt theirs
I guess I'm referring to the rankings on realtor.com. I wondered how they were gathered/researched/reported.
Can you share some of those stories? Or is that only available on the premium board?
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I’ve found the rankings locally to pretty much match what local perception is and what state performance metrics say.
This is a lot of what they use.
it's always the best time to buy and, weirdly, also always the best time to sell.
The top two schools on the list are losing a lot of kids out to open enrollment, Keokuk to Holy Trinty and Central Lee, and Ottumwa to Cardinal of Eldon. Last time I asked, Cardinal was bringing in 200 open enrollment kids, almost all from Ottumwa.
In my experience, the assessments on realtor.com align pretty closely with the state's official performance assessments. They may be found here: https://www.iaschoolperformance.gov/ECP/Home/Index
Even if the realtor.com metrics were not reliable, it will be seen by potential buyers and affect the market value of homes in those districts.
Also, advice from someone who has been there, dine that and still doing that. What you as a parent does to navigate and help your kid through the system is huge. A good parent can set their children up well even in a poorer district, whereas a great district may not do that much for your kid if the parent doesn’t get involved much.
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I’ve found the rankings locally to pretty much match what local perception is and what state performance metrics say.
This is a lot of what they use.
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New build starter sized homes in Ankeny are listing at $325k. We have one more bedroom, one more garage stall, and 100 more square feet and bought for under <$200k in 2012. Very likely could sell out for $350k, but then what?
They still post the scores every spring to early summer. Not sure how helpful it is for smaller schools, just not enough kids in some of them to determine if they are quality schools or not.
Many large urban districts are ranked "in need or falling behind". The schools that provide the best education tend to be those that average right around 100 students per grade, get fewer than that, kids do not have enough classes to choose from, get much larger and kids get lost in the numbers games and do not get a chance to participate in a large number of extra-curricular activities.
From what I understand the waterbury neighborhood is the best for elementary and middle school? Also puts you in Roosevelt school district which is the best des moines public schools high school.
Columbus, Indy and Cincy are the cities that are booming within the rust belt. People from Toledo, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Akron have been migrating to Columbus for the last decade.
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