Yet another...best school districts thread!

[Jdawg8181]

There are successful people in the world who went to terrible districts


There are unsuccessful people in the world who went to top districts.


Your education is what you make it for your child. Be involved as a parent and instill the right values in your child, get them help when needed and they should do fine in any district.

[gx89]

Originally Posted by CJim3

if you match these prices up with schooldigger rankings (grain of salt of course, but a fairly representative guide by general reputation), these are arguably best/worst buys (excluding charters and districts with no high schools), using $550k as an over/under (which admittedly is arbitrary, but just kind of feels right to me as an overall line of affordable vs expensive):

Nassau
Best buys: East Meadow, Bethpage, Bellmore-Merrick, Levittown
Worst buys: Port Washington, Oyster Bay - East Norwich, Long Beach, Lawrence


Western Suffolk
Best buys: Elwood, Hauppauge, Kings Park
Worst buys: Huntington


Central/Eastern Suffolk
Best buys: Three Village, Port Jefferson, Shoreham-Wading River, Mount Sinai
Worst buys: (nothing really except for the north/south fork where prices are in no way tied to schools)

I would consider Elwood the absolute worst value, they have the highest school tax rate in the Town of Huntington. Besides Commack, all other districts on a 550kish home would pay 2300-3200k less than a equal home in Elwood schools.

[CJim3]

Originally Posted by gx89

I would consider Elwood the absolute worst value, they have the highest school tax rate in the Town of Huntington. Besides Commack, all other districts on a 550kish home would pay 2300-3200k less than a equal home in Elwood schools.

noted that you think a top 20-ish district on LI at median $526k is "the absolute worst value". ok then

this analysis is simply a comparison of rankings and home values across LI, not the relative property taxes of the town of Huntington

[CJim3]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

There are successful people in the world who went to terrible districts


There are unsuccessful people in the world who went to top districts.


Your education is what you make it for your child. Be involved as a parent and instill the right values in your child, get them help when needed and they should do fine in any district.

no doubt everything you say is true. but a lot of people consider school district rep when factoring in home sale value

[gx89]

Originally Posted by CJim3

noted that you think a top 20-ish district on LI at median $526k is "the absolute worst value". ok then

this analysis is simply a comparison of rankings and home values across LI, not the relative property taxes of the town of Huntington

I think it's bad value because you can get a similar home in nearby Northport, HHH and Huntington SD with a substantially lower tax bill. I like the Elwood area. What I didn't like was the 20-21k tax bill that was in the low 15k's in other districts. Granted these homes are well over 550k. CSH is a great value but you aren't sniffing a house for 550k

[BBCjunkie]

Personally I'd be leery of buying in Northport if taxes are an issue, until the current LIPA/Huntington lawsuit is resolved.

That said, it's been dragging on for close to a decade so I suppose it could drag on for another five or whatever. Depends on how "good" both sides lawyers are, I guess.



https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...ant-1.29521435

[jarhead8286]

Originally Posted by ubering

https://www.schooldigger.com/go/NY/districtrank.aspx

Interesting how the latest data is ranking Syosset HS a few notches higher than Jericho... I call that BS.