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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