<p>I am a parent, wondering about the High Schools in LA, for e.g the Hart School or any other good public school. Do you go to one or if its worth it for a HS current Sop (going to a private school - overseas right now) to transfer in Fall. </p>
<p>Same with SF, mainly San Jose area.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Have you viewed greatschools.org?</p>
<p>You can type in a local school and then compare schools within close proximity to it. On the website there is information regarding the amount of AP’s offered, rankings of the schools, average test scores, and parent and student reviews.</p>
<p>Hart High in Santa Clarita? Are you looking at a specific area of LA? I wouldn’t exactly consider Santa Clarita to be LA.</p>
<p>Yes in Santa Clarita. I saw greatschools.org, are the ratings on there pretty reliable?</p>
<p>We have always wanted to move back to the U.S…younger son is quite keen and he wants to go into the UC system so better to do it now that he is in 10th grade. Older son will be at USC so wanted to be either somewhere in LA or SF. Have a friend in Stevenson Ranch.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I think so. The information is not exact, mainly because it’s solely updated every few years, but I think that it’s relatively accurate. There is also an index score that enables you to compare various schools’ academic performance results.</p>
<p>The ratings on greatschools are reliable for the most part but I think the best way to really gauge whether or not a school is right for your child is to visit and talk to some students. A student’s perspective is oftentimes much different and more valuable than a parent’s because they are actually attending.</p>
<p>Except that you’re either talking to someone that’s been put up by the school and will tow the party line or you’re talking to some random person that may not care what they’re saying.</p>
<p>^ It’s a bit better than reading some random person’s online review about a school.</p>
<p>I’ve heard of two really good day schools: Harvard-Westlake (LA) and the Harker School (San Jose). A couple of my friends go to Stevenson, too.</p>
<p>GO TO CERRITOS
home of the #1 high school in California/#3 in the U.S., Gretchen Whitney High School
median household income around the area is around $650,000-$700,000
get a house in the northeast side of the city above bloomfield near cerritos town center</p>
<p>Dont think we can afford it ^^</p>
<p>Truffliepuff, no place in the entire US has a median household income of between $650,000-$750,000. The median income for Cerritos is between $90-100,000 if you use high end numbers.</p>
<p>Source: wikipedia</p>
<p>Truffliepuff, please remove a zero from your median household income.</p>
<p>Most LAUSD schools, simply put, are awful. There are a few decent ones, such as Palisades Charter High School, and a few decent specialized high schools, such as Hamilton High School Music Academy. Good school districts in the LA area are La Canada, Santa Monica-Malibu, Beverly Hills, Las Virgenes, San Marino and Palos Verdes (but some of these are farther from LA itself).</p>
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<p>I hear that Exeter Academy is good too :rolleyes:</p>
<p>and Pali sucks</p>
<p>I personally am pulling my kids out of LA public schools. I have two close friends whose kids graduated last year from Hamilton High (one of the top HS’s in LAUSD), took every AP class available, aced the SAT’s, great grades and EC’s and didn’t get into any of their top choice schools including UCLA OR UCBerkeley. Parents were told that LAUSD just doesn’t prepare the students for the rigors of college. My children have finished public elementary, and that’s the end of our relationship with LAUSD. It just doesn’t serve our family any longer.</p>
<p>Are you solely focusing on Los Angeles? You mentioned a couple of cities in the Bay Area as well.</p>
<p>How about CAMS? It’s on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus in Carson and it’s pretty high in nationwide rankings</p>
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<p>I must disagree regarding the Las Virgenes Unified School District. As a 13-year student finishing up my senior year of high school in this district, I can safely say that I know I would have been happier and received a better education in any other public school.</p>
<p>@ThisCouldBeHeavn I thought you lived in HSL!</p>
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<p>The notion that UCLA/UCB reject kids from LAUSD because it doesn’t prepare students for college is ridiculous. I would be very surprised if there weren’t 10-20 people from Hami getting into those schools each year. If you took every AP available (surely a heavy dose of hyperbole), got good grades (top 10 class rank), “aced” the SAT and wrote a solid essay, the chances of getting accepted are very good.</p>
<p>Some LAUSD schools are awful I’m sure, but most provide a good education for the few that are interested in attaining one. Hamilton certainly falls in that category.</p>
<p>EDIT: Should add that LAUSD has some amazing elementary schools, if that’s of any relevance to anyone reading the thread.</p>