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i am moving from boston and will be working in manhattan (around 50th and 6th).
am looking to buy a house in the burbs and am ok with 60-75 min commute - budget is $600-800k
any suggestions on LI suburbs with the best school districts with diversity?
Assuming you have no particular limit on taxes (and assuming this is a real question), I'd say your options (in no particular order) are:
- Rockville Centre with Rockville Centre schools
- Jericho with Jericho schools
- Syosset or Woodbury with Syosset schools
- Manhasset school district (all of the communities within the district are nice, although many will be out of your price range - there's limited inventory within your budget)
- Great Neck school district (same deal as Manhasset)
- Herricks school district (I personally prefer Williston Park with Herricks schools, but none of the communities that the district includes are bad at all, and you may find more bang for your buck elsewhere within the district)
- East Williston with East Williston schools
- Albertson with either E. Williston or Herricks schools
- Port Washington with Port Washington schools (not quite as highly rated as other districts listed here, but still great and it's a great train line)
- Roslyn school district
- Possibly the North Shore school district, although again, it's not nearly as highly rated as the other districts listed here
There are options on the South Shore as well, but in general the schools aren't as well-regarded (although I'm sure others will be happy to chime in and tell me why I'm wrong about that). I'm also sure I've missed plenty of options, which, again, others will be happy to correct me on.
Assuming you have no particular limit on taxes (and assuming this is a real question), I'd say your options (in no particular order) are:
- Rockville Centre with Rockville Centre schools
- Jericho with Jericho schools
- Syosset or Woodbury with Syosset schools
- Manhasset school district (all of the communities within the district are nice, although many will be out of your price range - there's limited inventory within your budget)
- Great Neck school district (same deal as Manhasset)
- Herricks school district (I personally prefer Williston Park with Herricks schools, but none of the communities that the district includes are bad at all, and you may find more bang for your buck elsewhere within the district)
- East Williston with East Williston schools
- Albertson with either E. Williston or Herricks schools
- Port Washington with Port Washington schools (not quite as highly rated as other districts listed here, but still great and it's a great train line)
- Roslyn school district
- Possibly the North Shore school district, although again, it's not nearly as highly rated as the other districts listed here
There are options on the South Shore as well, but in general the schools aren't as well-regarded (although I'm sure others will be happy to chime in and tell me why I'm wrong about that). I'm also sure I've missed plenty of options, which, again, others will be happy to correct me on.
This advice is spot on. Don't forget Garden City with Garden City Schools (not very diverse though), but a better commute than Jericho, Syosset, Woodbury, Herricks, East Williston, Albertson, Roslyn and North Shore School District.
Don't waste your time on LI and the LIRR. Commute to Grand Central on MNRR. While MNRR has had a few black eyes of late, its still far ahead of commuting on the LIRR and godawful Penn.
i am moving from boston and will be working in manhattan (around 50th and 6th).
am looking to buy a house in the burbs and am ok with 60-75 min commute - budget is $600-800k
any suggestions on LI suburbs with the best school districts with diversity?
please let me know your thoughts.
cheers
Hi there, welcome to the LI forum.
Can you tell us a little about why did you decide on Long Island compared to living on the NJ, CT or upstate NY bordering manhattan....
I have to say its an amazing coincidence, we were just having the discussion over the past couple of days about this scenario.
Can you tell us more about your family ? Do you have family or friends in the tri-state area ?
Can you tell us a little about why did you decide on Long Island compared to living on the NJ, CT or upstate NY bordering manhattan....
I have to say its an amazing coincidence, we were just having the discussion over the past couple of days about this scenario.
Can you tell us more about your family ? Do you have family or friends in the tri-state area ?
where is this magical place where Manhattan abuts upstate NY?
I am inbetween homes right now (sold in Port Washington and currently buying)... but was/am pretty much set on the Port Washington / Manhasset / Great Neck line for the easy commute. I have very young kids that will start elementary school soon. I also work in the city (just so happens that one of my offices is on 6th AVE and 51st ST... take the E train to the 7th AVE stop after getting off the LIRR at PENN station.) I would say I am like most families in the area that want the easiest commute possible in the "burbs", great schools, a comfortable lifestyle for the kids, and willing to pay for it with compromises. I am in LI, only due to family nearby. All my coworkers live in NJ or upstate NY.
I can rant on about my house search, but I thought the following might be helpful if you want some proof of how proficient the students are when it comes to college applications. Mind you, these numbers will swing from year to year, so don't focus on the ranking... just be assured that these are top schools in LI.
NOTE: I include Roslyn since the Flower Hill section of Roslyn gets the Port Washington LIRR sticker to park your car.
Top 10 SAT 2012 test scores in LI:
- Just want to point out that, ALL the high schools along the Port Washington LIRR line have TOP SAT scores.
School Reading Math Writing Total
Great Neck South High School 595 648 622 1865
Manhasset Senior High School 591 637 612 1840
Jericho Senior High School 584 627 615 1826
Roslyn High School 572 609 599 1780
Cold Spring Harbor Junior Senior High School 584 599 575 1758
Wheatley School 567 591 580 1738
Herricks High School 555 597 583 1735
Syosset High School 556 604 572 1732
Paul D Schreiber High School 562 582 572 1716
JL Miller - Great Neck North High School 546 582 580 1708
Top 10 AP 2012 test scores in LI:
- Just want to point out that, ALL the high schools along the Port Washington LIRR line have TOP AP pass rate per test taker.
School TestTakers Tests Pass(3-5) Pass/TestTaker
Great Neck South High School 515 1322 1244 2.42
JL Miller - Great Neck North High School 347 959 747 2.15
Manhasset Senior High School 429 1116 909 2.12
Harborfields High School 414 998 859 2.07
Roslyn High School 380 923 788 2.07
Half Hollow Hills High School East 517 1264 1044 2.02
Huntington High School 273 627 521 1.91
Paul D Schreiber High School 538 1228 1022 1.90
Plainview-Old Bethpage - JFK High School 398 936 746 1.87
Half Hollow Hills High School West 456 1048 853 1.87
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