Finding a school

Pt. 6 of 10 | 1:40 |

Finding a home with online tools

Monday May 24, 2010

If you have kids or are planning to in the future then

looking up schools

around your future home is a must. There are many resources online to help you

find a school

that meets your needs and we'll walk you through a couple of them in this episode. GreatSchools.org allows you to search for schools by district and see if schools are open for enrolment and Schooldigger.com will give you school ratings.

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Show Notes

- Greatschools.org is a helpful site where you can enter in the school, school district, or city and get information on what grades are open at each school.

- There's a parental rating with reviews written by parents, and you can refine your search by preschool, elementary, middle and high school or public or private.

- SchoolDigger.com also allows you to simply enter in a location and view a map with markers of where the schools are.

- You can click on the markers to view more information about each school like the rating and the ranking of the school.

- You can also then choose to view homes for sale near the school.

- SchoolDigger also has links to school district rankings, city rankings and the best and worst schools.

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