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What’s the best school district in America?
If you have a child or intend to start a family soon, I guess you’ll be concerned about the performance of school districts in your area and how you can get the best education for your child.
Many parents often move to another town or city just to make sure their child get the sort of education they wanted in a top notch school district.
But how exactly can you tell if your child is being educated in one of the best school districts in America?
Thankfully, Niche, a research company that specializes in collecting performance information about American schools has released its ranking of the 2016 best school districts in America.
Niche looked at 12,153 school districts, leaving out schools without sufficient information in the ranking. The school districts with sufficient information were ranked based on:
- The grade each school district earned in overall experience
- The strength of academics
- Quality of teachers
- School resources
- Student culture and diversity
- Student life
- Student and parent reviews
Here are 2016 best 20 school district in America:
1. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District — Tredyffrin Township, PA
Total schools: 8
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B
2. Eanes Independent School District — Austin, TX
Total schools: 11
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B-
3. Jericho Union Free School District — Oyster Bay Town, NY
Total schools: 5
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B+
4. New Trier Township High School District No. 203 — New Trier Township, IL
Total schools: 2
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A
Student culture & diversity: C+
5. Princeton Public Schools — Princeton, NJ
Total schools: 6
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A
Student culture & diversity: A-
6. Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas) — Northeast Dallas Township, TX
Total schools: 9
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A
Student culture & diversity: B-
7. North Allegheny School District — McCandless Township, PA
Total schools: 12
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A
Student culture & diversity: B
8. Rye City School District — Rye, NY
Total schools: 5
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B-
9. Indian Hill Exempted Village School District — The Village of Indian Hill, OH
Total schools: 4
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B-
10. Glenbrook High Schools District No. 225 — Northfield Township, IL
Total schools: 4
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: A-
11. Palo Alto Unified School District — Palo Alto, CA
Total schools: 19
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A-
Student culture & diversity: A
12. Westport School District — Westport, CT
Total schools: 9
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: C+
13. Bloomfield Hills Schools — Bloomfield Charter Township, MI
Total schools: 12
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A-
Student culture & diversity: A
14. Millburn Township Schools — Millburn Township, NJ
Total schools: 7
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A-
Student culture & diversity: B-
15. Lexington Public Schools — Lexington, MA
Total schools: 9
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A-
Student culture & diversity: B+
16. New Canaan School District — New Canaan Town, CT
Total schools: 5
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: C+
17. Community High School District No. 128 — Libertyville Township, IL
Total schools: 2
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B
18. San Marino Unified School District — San Marino, CA
Total schools: 4
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A-
Student culture & diversity: B+
19. SAU 70 — Hanover Town, NH
Total schools: 2
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A
Student culture & diversity: B-
20. Radnor Township School District — Radnor Township, PA
Total schools: 5
Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Resources & facilities: A+
Student culture & diversity: B
