Public Schools Monte Vista (West, Blanco: transplants, rental, houses)

[montevista1]

Are the public schools for the Monte Vista area any good, Twain, Edison, Travis etc.

Do most people in this area send their children to private school?

[smuboy86]

The public schools for monte vista are SAISD. Edison isn't a very good HS and the elementary schools and Twain MS leave something to be desired. Most people in the area pay for private school, or pay to have their children in AHISD which is a compromise option.

[slaleman]

I think they get a bad rap, but overall, I think they're decent. Twain is the one I'd be worried about the most just because of the nature of middle school kids.

I also think those schools are going to be changing dramatically over the next decade or so. The attendance area for Twain and Edison is within the "fringe" area just north of downtown that is changing from older folks to young families with kids. The houses that are a little run down are being bought up and fixed up or flipped. It's a desireable area because it's nowhere near as expensive as the area east of San Pedro Rd., but it's still very close to downtown and just outside of that much more expensive area.

My wife attended Twain and Edison, and is now a teacher in NISD...her father still lives on West Mulberry west of Blanco, and the houses in his neighborhood are starting to gain value very quickly. There are also some places in that neighborhood where they've started doing the dreaded tear-downs.

[googie2525]

I would say private school is pretty much the norm for the area...well, for newly minted transplants anyway.

[montevista1]

I have a rental unit in Monte Vista near these crazy mansion homes. I was wondering if the people with mansion homes can send their kids to public school like in alamo heights or if they send them to private.


From the response I got the answer without a doubt is private school. If you have money to drop 500-1m on a house then private school is not a big deal.