School is getting ready to start, or has started around North SD County.
We’ve discussed school districts before and their importance to the homebuying equation – whether you have kids or not. Let’s revisit the scorecard.
I know a couple of people who were at the freshman orientation for San Marcos High School last week. The principal announced to the crowd that their API scores were going to ‘rock the county’.
I don’t know if he was referring to the current scores, future scores, or just optimistic in general. But San Marcos HS has been working its way up the charts, and recently announced that they were going to re-build the school too.
Here are the latest scores:
| High School | # of kids | 2010 API | Greatschools score |
| CCA | |||
| Torrey Pines | |||
| Westview | |||
| SDA | |||
| San Marcos | |||
| La Costa Cyn | |||
| Carlsbad |
With both SDA and CCA having to conduct lotteries to determine enrollment (there are 200 kids on the waiting list at CCA, allegedly), is it worth considering other areas outside of the prime San Dieguito High School District?
You can purchase a similar home in San Elijo Hills/Rancho Carrillo and attend San Marcos HS, or live in 92127 and attend Westview HS, and save six-figures over what it would cost you in the nearby prime areas within the San Dieguito High School District.
Is it worth it to take a flyer on the up-and-coming high schools?
When looking at all the ingredients, could schools be one for compromise, given that Torrey Pines and LCC appear to be human after all? Prices in Carmel Valley have been holding up, and if you could get a deal on a house outside the 92130, it might be worth considering.
Jim,
This is from a couple of posts ago: “..at some point, it could be live streaming all day long!”
Keep pushing the envelope. What you’re doing will change your profession, for the better.
You ought to think about live streaming a show every couple of weeks or once a month. uStream, Justin.tv and livestream are there waiting for you to hook up and let loose.
Jim, you’re a natural for it and I bet it would generate additional business for you.
The interesting question is to compare the cost differential with the cost of private school. If interest rates were to go back to where they were in the 1970s then if there are 6 figure differentials the delta in costs would not be that great, today it still might mean an effective 50% discount on private schools.