@mrnephew, of course fit is important. But it is also important that the school fits with your family’s requirements/needs. When we started looking at schools, my requirement was that we only consider schools within a 90 minute drive from home. There was a school a couple of hours farther away that would also have been a great fit for her, and she was very interested in it – but I want to be able to attend her games and concerts and school events, have her home for short breaks, etc— And not be driving three or four hours each way… That just wouldn’t work with my schedule. Fortunately, we live in an area where the 90 minute rule still gave us plenty of schools to choose from.