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Well, long story short, we are moving. We are staying within the county we currently reside, but I'm having trouble finding information that gives me the elementary schools' ranks. I tried the county school site, but having an issue. And Google is tired of me trying so many different combinations of words to find something that is current and free! Does anyone know if there is a site out there that ranks schools by state? We are in Georgia. We would love to get DS6 in one of the best schools (public) in our county. I know High Schools but not Elementary Schools.

I will also be looking into surrounding state school rankings as well... for a few years down the road.

Thanks!

Hi JJsMom,
I live in GA too. Have you tried schooldigger.com or publicschoolreview.com? They aren't ranked by state, but you can do your own comparison based on demographics, CRCT scores, etc. I used these sites when we moved from California to GA.

Good luck!

I looked at the latter, but I see that the only public records are from 2000. Demographics in the county are so different now. I did find the county CRCT scores at least. So that helps.

I will look at the other! Thanks.

Have you looked here?

http://www.gagc.org/

Give a try with www.Greatschools.net .

thanks y'all.

Looks like we may now be moving to Pasco or Pinellas County Florida...

I know NOTHING of Florida... anyone?

Please do your research concerning Florida...There are a large number of issues occuring with Gifted education in Florida to the point that many counties are doing away completely with gifted programs...teachers right now are up in arms across the state because they are about to pass through that teacher's salaries will now be set based on how well that teacher's classes perform on the FCAT...here is a link to the Florida Gifted Network...one of the main networks for the gifted in Florida and at the top of the page the first thing you will read....GIFTED STUDENTS AT RISK IN FLORIDA
URGENT CALL TO ACTION - 3/26/10

Please research your county thoroughly - there are a large number of changes that are all coming down the pike for next year and many gifted families are up in arms and are very worried

ooopps - here is the link
http://www.floridagiftednet.org/

and here is the Florida Association for the Gifted - and again near the bottom you will see the alert that has been circulating through all gifted networks in Florida - URGENT NEWS:
Florida Prepares to Leave Gifted Children Behind - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com


http://www.flagifted.org/file/Welcome.html

Yikes! I'm feeling like we dodged a bullet since we were looking at a move to Florida a couple years ago. It didn't work out because of state budget issues. I read your link about what the plan does and thought this was interesting in light of the "Straight from the teacher's mouth!!" thread: