D Magazine Where to Buy for the Best North Texas Schools|Dallas Woodrow Wilson High School (Plano: for sale, real estate)

[Lakewooder]

Where to Buy For the Best Schools - D Magazine

"The most recognized feeder pattern into Woodrow starts with Lakewood and Stonewall Jackson elementary schools and continues with J.L. Long Middle School. Neighborhoods that feed into Woodrow include Lakewood, Hollywood Heights, the M Streets, and Greenland Hills, where houses range from $300,000 to $1.5 million (with a handful of $2 million to $3 million sales each year)..."

[bencronin04]

Wait wait wait. This is going to talk about the best schools and completely disregard the highest ranking and scoring district in north Texas????

[synchronicity]

Originally Posted by bencronin04

Wait wait wait. This is going to talk about the best schools and completely disregard the highest ranking and scoring district in north Texas????

They're deliberately leaving out HP, the magnet schools, and privates. You should feel honored (sort of) - they're treating HPISD as if it's in the same class as those.

Other than that, the list is a little silly - where are the upper income areas in each rather arbitrarily chosen area? That's where the top high schools are, pretty much. Whodathunkit?

(Also, re: Carroll, I have yet to hear anyone talk about the "top feeder pattern", although granted I'm not up on what the 'In Crowd' is thinking. As they do note in passing, nobody really gives a horse's patoot about it because the differences are de minimis. There's 5 elementaries feeding into 2 intermediates/middles and then the one high school. Anyone overly concerned about score differences among them needs to get a life. Also, I'm pretty d@mn sure that you can buy a house in the Old Union feeder zone for a LOT less than $2.5 million or whatever ridiculous number they tossed out).

[CMC_TX]

Originally Posted by synchronicity

They're deliberately leaving out HP, the magnet schools, and privates. You should feel honored (sort of) - they're treating HPISD as if it's in the same class as those.

Other than that, the list is a little silly - where are the upper income areas in each rather arbitrarily chosen area? That's where the top high schools are, pretty much. Whodathunkit?

(Also, re: Carroll, I have yet to hear anyone talk about the "top feeder pattern", although granted I'm not up on what the 'In Crowd' is thinking. As they do note in passing, nobody really gives a horse's patoot about it because the differences are de minimis. There's 5 elementaries feeding into 2 intermediates/middles and then the one high school. Anyone overly concerned about score differences among them needs to get a life. Also, I'm pretty d@mn sure that you can buy a house in the Old Union feeder zone for a LOT less than $2.5 million or whatever ridiculous number they tossed out).

That's what I was thinking. I've actually been to Timarron to visit a couple we know & the villas section has homes from the 500s in Old Union, e.g.

[mod cut]

D Magazine sometimes tends to embellish a little with their 'facts' & price points. Although I do agree with the price point they listed for Plano West.

[synchronicity]

Originally Posted by CMC_TX

That's what I was thinking. I've actually been to Timarron to visit a couple we know & the villas section has homes from the 500s in Old Union, e.g.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...2_M89848-07398

D Magazine sometimes tends to embellish a little with their 'facts' & price points. Although I do agree with the price point they listed for Plano West.

[I replaced your link with the realtor.com link, because C-D doesn't allow links to other real estate sites.]

Exactly! FWIW, I just brought up listings from another real estate website, and over half the homes currently for sale in the Old Union feeder zone are under $1M, and I don't think any are over their ludicrous $2.5M mark. Granted, 580K+ looks to be "entry level" in that area, but still!

[Big G]

Originally Posted by bencronin04

Wait wait wait. This is going to talk about the best schools and completely disregard the highest ranking and scoring district in north Texas????

I think you're missing the point of the article. They are reporting on the "best" feeder pattern for each school district. They're not saying Woodrow is better than HP, they're saying Woodrow is the best in DISD. I'm willing to concede that point to Lakewooder.

FWIW, I think their choices are correct for each district.

Why didn't they do such an analysis for HP? Good question. My thought is that they'd be forced to declare one of the HPISD elementary schools as superior to the others. And that would just anger a good chunk of their target audience.

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Side note - A few years back, I got a 1-year subscription to D Magazine for $12. I overpaid.

[M.abus]

Principal Kyle Richardson is doing great things since he came to Woodrow Wilson, building on his record at Marsh Middle School. He inherited the college prep academy redesign, and has refined and fine tuned each of them. The STEM academy now boasts the largest engineering enrollment in Texas and is sending three grads to the top engineering college in the nation this fall.

[Big G]

Originally Posted by M.abus

... and is sending three grads to the top engineering college in the nation this fall.

Texas A&M??

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Big G

Texas A&M??

I believe it's Colorado School of Mines...

[pepper131]

Originally Posted by M.abus

The STEM academy now boasts the largest engineering enrollment in Texas and is sending three grads to the top engineering college in the nation this fall.

I'd like to see the curriculum progression to compare it to SEM.