I cannot speak for all of Souther California, however in my region of work, Walnut school district seems to be one of the best around. For higher education you will find Claremont Colleges to be great.

Hi Amber,
In my opinion (and many of the homebuyers I have worked with)...the following cities have the best school districts: Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Ladera Ranch, Corona Del Mar, Newport Coast.
I hope this helps!
All My Best,
Liz Bates

Amber
There are a couple of ways to find out.
You can visit my website and go to School Reports
Also, Arnold has launched a new website for people to be able to get info on schools. (see link below).

The Glendale Association of Realtors meets annually with the Glendale UNified School District to learn about the latest school trends and if you are considering Glendale I have some great information that might be of interest. One thing we learned was to check each school's school site plan, which explains what the school is doing to address challenges. By law each school must make that plan available.

Good luck!

Saugus, Newhall, Hart, & Castaic Union School Districts, which is located in the greater Santa Clarita Valley area offers great schools. This area is growing rather quickly and it is nice to see new schools are in progress of opening to accomodate the families moving here just for the school districts. If you do a grade check on the greatschools.com site you will see all of the schools in the districts mentioned above have rates of 10's, 9's and nothing less than a 8. 10 is the highest you can get.

Go to GreatSchools.net and you can get some great answers

Hi Amber
City of Calabasas, Agura, are close to Chatsorth, Las Virgenes school district, great schools.

I was thinking the same thing. Mansur has a point. I would NEVER discuss schools like this. As a REALTOR we have to be careful, anti-trust laws and all....maybe things ARE very different in places other than NY, and apparently Maryland too.

HI Amber,

In L.A. County the best schools are found in Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, and Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach is the most affordable of these areas. In Orange County you should consider the Los Alamitos School District and Irvine.

I hope this information helps. Remember, you are the most influential teacher your children will ever have.

Karen Miller

Don't forget the Fullerton Union School District. Sunny Hills High School and Troy High School have made it into the "top high school" lists for years. Fullerton boasts a community that has 7 colleges in its city limits!

Hello Amber, First of all, I think the "best" school districts are the ones which have schools that are a good match for your child. Looking at various school districts on the internet and the programs they have to offer would be a good way to start. But if you're looking for a grades 7-12 school, and considered one of the best in the country academically, take a look at Whitney High School in Cerritos.

The best school districts in LA county are San Marino, La Canada and Palos Verdes. Unfortunately, the median price of homes in these neighborhoods are over $1million and there are a lot of Asians in San Marino and Palos Verdes. The second tier school districts would be Arcadia, Cerritos, South Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Santa Clarita, and Claremont .

I am certain that some of the best schools are found in Santa Clarita Ca............Santa Clarita is also on the list of safest cities.............For a list of school districts and schools plus links to the school sites, visit the link below...........Come see this family oriented city only 10 minutes from the LA basin. You won't be disappointed!

I am familiar with LA County since I am a mother of 2 young kids & just purchased a home recently in Arcadia, approx. 15 miles east of downtown LA.


In my opinion, Rolling Hill Estate, San Marino, S. Pasadena, Arcadia some of those best schools. However, all the homes there are quiet expensive...I am talking about $1 million approx. except Arcadia which is a little more affordable (single house 3 bed 2 baths under 2000 sf approx. $800,000) but make sure it is Arcadia address & Arcadia School.

Some part of Pasadena has San Marino School too.

I hope it help

Hi, Amber. The Burbank school district is excellent. Some schools better than others. A friend of mine researched 22 private schools and selected the one my grandson went to. He went there for a few years and then she switched him to Burbank and has been more than pleased.

I have clients that will not look anywhere else but Burbank because of the excellent school district. Hope this helps!

I am a realtor near downtown LA. The best school districts in our area are San Marino, South Pasadena, and La Canada. La Crescenta is quite good in places, and the Silver Lake Ivanhoe elementary school has strong stats....Glendale stats coming out Oct. They are getting better!!
Joanne Sterling Prudential California on Glenoaks

For this type of question regardless of location I suggest you do some research on the amount of $ per student spent. Average number of students per teacher in a classroom and if your child is planning on a sport of some type contact the Athletic departments of that specific district to see if they offer the programs and how extensive that they are. Here are a few links that may be helpfull.
http://www.schoolmatters.com/app/glossary/q/stid=5/site=pes/…
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/947

Hi Amber,

Claremont, CA, located just next to Pomona, 40 minutes outside of Downtown Los Angeles, and home to Pomona College, Pitzer, Scripps and the Claremont Colleges is renowned for its educational excellence from the primary grades on up. It is also a wonderful place to live. I know, I not only live here, and have done for six years now, but I also base my business here as well.

We also have a MetroLink station, lots of parks, unique shopping and dining options and a wonderful small town feel with all the convenience of a much larger city. For more information, please feel free to either give me a call at (909) 837-8922 (I am a local expert :-) or visit my website at http://Route66Livng.com.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Take care and have a wonderful day!

Tisza Major-Posner, Realtor, Keller Williams Claremont La Verne