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What's your price range? Two neighborhoods to add to Davis Drive are WestPark and Wellesly. Not everyone who goes to the same elementary school go to the same middle and high's. Possible situations: DDE, DDM, Green Hope; DDE, Salem Middle, Apex High... the list goes on, but those are the two most common I've seen. (First one's probably the most common.)
Coming from the inflated Northern California real estate market, we will most likely sell our home for twice what we purchased it for 6 years ago! So....we will have a good amount to put towards a home in NC. I estimate our price range to be from 600-800,000. We haven't started the home search yet. Most likely we will move, rent for a year, then pick a neighborhood that fits our family.
Coming from the inflated Northern California real estate market, we will most likely sell our home for twice what we purchased it for 6 years ago! So....we will have a good amount to put towards a home in NC. I estimate our price range to be from 600-800,000. We haven't started the home search yet. Most likely we will move, rent for a year, then pick a neighborhood that fits our family.
Makes me wish we had waited five more years before moving here from Orange County. Could have been living in a house 4 times the price.
I can't think of any subdivisions that go into Davis Drive Elementary in that price range, most of them are a little lower end. But you might want to check out the nearby Highcroft subdivision which is in your price range. They actually have an elementary school located within the subdivision, so it's unlikely that your kids would get redistricted. Highcroft elementary is currently ranked #1 in the county. Highcroft - a new homes community in Cary, NC - just outside of Raleigh
Many of the surrounding subdivisions in your price range feed into Green Hope Elementary.
Thanks for the info. on Highcroft...it looked very nice. Which middle/ high school does Highcroft Elementary feed into?
And, again...what are the odds of getting the boot to another school half-way through middle school or high school?
Not as high in this area as in others because they just got redistricted, and I haven't heard of plans for any new middle or high schools in the area. But there's always a chance.
This area was previously assigned to Davis Drive Middle and Green Hope High, and grade 12 still attends Green Hope.
I was going to suggest The Reserve and Cary Park, but I think those subdivisions have the same assignments, except The Reserve's elementary school is Green Hope Elementary.
Another suggestion is Preston. Depending on where you buy, (Preston is over 2000 acres and divided into many areas) elementary schools could be Davis Drive Elementary or Weatherstone, middle schools could be Davis Drive Middle or West Cary, and high school is Green Hope.
If you bought where the assignment is DDE, DDM, and GHHS, that would be the perfect combination of top-notch schools.
Absolutely, the top choices are DDE, DDM and GHHS are the top choices. Although Morrisville Elementary has some pretty spectacular scores too.
There are parts of Preston that feed into Morrisville Elementary as well.
What about Highcroft Ele.? Someone (I can't remember exactly whom) mentioned in their post that Highcroft ele. was the #1 ranked ele. school in Wake County. How does the DDE, DDM, GHHS track compare with the Highcroft Ele. to Panther Creek track?
Also - what are the homes like in Preston? Is this an older area or a new subdivision with newer homes?
Just noticed that they have a great community swim team (my kids are swimmers - very important to them that they have a new team!).
We looked at a lot of homes in Preston last year when we bought. It is a very attractive neighborhood. In your price range you could get something very nice--possibly with a golf course view if you like that or possibly on a slightly bigger lot (those come up every once in a while). I'm not sure when Preston was basically built out, but houses are fairly new. The swim team requires you join Prestonwood which I think costs $16k (for social membership) plus annual dues. We live right next to Preston (the part in 27513) and the area is extremely convenient. Morrisville is our year round alternative and I'm definitely going to apply next year for my daughter who will start kindgergarten because its test scores are better than Weatherstone (our base school).
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