[ProudMommy269]

Hey everyone. My family (11year old, 9 year old, 5 year old and 30 year olds) are moving to the Las Vegas area in June. Could you please send me a list of zip codes that are safe areas for children with good schools. I have heard that Henderson and Summerlin are good areas, but what about North Las Vegas? Any "kid safe" areas there? I need the zip codes please!! I appreciate any help you can give me!! Thanks neighbors (soon to be)!

[WOHR]

There seem to be plenty of nice areas in town with parks either within walking/biking distance. Schools can be a different story. When I moved here last year we narrowed down our choices by school, neighborhood and the kind of house we desired. When checking out the school's accountability report, make sure you read the last page. Check out the parental percentage on parents attending conferences and mentions about the school's PTA. School's with more parental involvement generally test better. Check out their website, Clark County School District Do you want your kids in a nine month school verses the 12 month track system? Middle and high school are only on the 9 month schedule.
When we started looking we were 100% sure we wanted to live in the Green Valley area. We ended up in Summerlin and I am extremely happy with our decision. Our realtor lives in Alliante and she loves it up there. I've only heard nice things about up there. Their schools haven't all tested well, but I do not think they have been around that long.
I used Zip Realty's interactive map when looking for homes. Most user friendly site out there. Much better than realtor.com ZipRealty Real Estate -- Homes for sale and local real estate agents
My husband was out here for 5 months before the kids and I followed. He probably saw well over 100 homes until we found the one for us. I probably over researched, but I believe you should always know what you are getting into before you get there. If you can believe it, I already had my son enrolled in a new Den for Cub Scouts before we arrived and was a board member for the next school year for the PTA within a week of arriving.
As for zipcodes, I liked these the most: 89074, 89012, 89117,89135, 89134, 89144, 89145, 89052, 89129, 89149.

[dynimagelv]

I can recommend almost ANY Zip code in town.....ALMOST.....but it's all a matter of personal preference.....obvious to me that WOHR will have no problem anywhere......it's involvement that counts......

altho I do have some trouble with a name that is easily typed as whor.....ya know what I mean

[PinkString]

ProudMommy, Aliante (89084)is family friendly, but people say the schools aren't so great. Consider private schools if you can like so many other's do.

[WOHR]

altho I do have some trouble with a name that is easily typed as whor.....ya know what I mean

You try having the initials WHO and marrying an R. It's funny, that's why I like it.

[dynimagelv]

just glad the las initials weren't re

[airics]

89131 best bang for the buck and schools are decent