The Schools Issue

Ivanhoe Elementary School

I'm often asked by buyers about schools and home-buying and the age-old Los Angeles area conundrum.  Where to buy, what school, where can I buy and get a good school and still afford a home.  Price + Good School Scores = impossible?  Ah, maybe a handbook needs to be written about that subject!  Although things change so quickly that the handbook would be out of date faster than you can say, "now I need to think about Middle School."

So this is the first in a series of informational postings on schools in LA County and hopefully this will help my clients, and you, who may be navigating this very issue.

Two good websites to use to find schools and to get test scores and parent ratings are: www.schoolfinder.com  and www.greatschools.com.   Some parents are also using Yelp.

To find out about LA County school boundary changes start here: http://www.laschools.org/employee/mpd/boundary-changes/  to find out what school an address is in try here: http://search.lausd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=schfinder0

For greatschools.com link to the top-rated LA schools click here: http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/.

More postings coming up on schools in South Pasadena, Pasadena, Glendale and more - so stay tuned!