The best school district in valley stream? (Elmont, Malverne: houses, taxes)

[kyracake]

Im looking to move to vs from brooklyn, my husband and i are both police officers and looking for a nice area in vs to raise our child. Can anyone help...

[brunette-T]

i've read that Valley Stream SD 24 is good. We've looked at houses in that area, and it's pretty nice. Kinda reminded me a little of Queens & Brooklyn - the part nearest Sunrise & Peninsula.

[Walter Greenspan]

kyracake, in addition to http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...3-24-30-a.html, http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...ey-stream.html and http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-question.html, there may be other threads about Valley Stream that you might want to read.


In case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:

What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".

Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html and http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland".

http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...you-think.html may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.

When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.

[kyracake]

My girlfriend just move to vs last and was told that elmont dist 16 was the best. So, i have been researching. I will be in long island on monday to look at houses.so i kinda want to know what area and school dist i want to live in. Do u in vs and if not what changed you mind from moving there? Thx

[frankjrinaz]

I would say SD 24 and SD 14 (SD 14 is Hewlett). Both are in the gibson section of Valley Stream.

[llama8]

Originally Posted by kyracake

My girlfriend just move to vs last and was told that elmont dist 16 was the best. So, i have been researching. I will be in long island on monday to look at houses.so i kinda want to know what area and school dist i want to live in. Do u in vs and if not what changed you mind from moving there? Thx

I wouldn't pick Elmont over Valley Stream schools ever. Although Elmont isn't too bad, it is not as good as VS and could affect resale. hewlett is the best of the three.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by kyracake

My girlfriend just move to vs last and was told that elmont dist 16 was the best. So, i have been researching. I will be in long island on monday to look at houses.so i kinda want to know what area and school dist i want to live in. Do u in vs and if not what changed you mind from moving there? Thx

elmont isn't the greatest of areas...

[I_Love_LI_but]

My list in order of preference:

14 Hewlett
24 VS
13 VS
30 VS

[kyracake]

Today i vied house in the gibbson area of vs and was told by the realtor that its a good area. Next monday i will be viewing more home. Thx for the info anything else u would like to add, please do so... I need all the help

[luludebono]

I Actually live in Malverne but with Valley stream school district, it is a really nice area, taxes a little higher than "valley stream" but really nice place to raise a family. We belong to district 13, and the schools are FANTASTIC. Have 2 kids there and only have nice things to say about the 3 elementary schools in the district.