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submitted 1 month ago by David_Eight@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world
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My wife and I are looking to buy our first home and naturally are concerned about schools for our kids. I was looking at one school and it had a "B+" from Niche but a "4" from GreatSchools which are kind of contradictory? Does anyone have any advice on which sire is better, third options, or are all these sites actualy useless lol?

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[โ€“] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Niche appears to compare across the country, and greatschools looks to compare with the state. It's likely that a school that greatschools gives a terrible grade might be top tier elsewhere.

As another said, it's also impacted by ESL kids (English as a Second Language).

[โ€“] David_Eight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I was looking in New Jersey which ranks pretty high for education nationally, so this makes sense.