Home Buying ? School District Issues

A good school district is a key factor in home buying if you have kids. It can also be a positive selling point when it comes time to sell your home.

School Districts

When considering the quality of school districts, keep in mind that everyone is looking for ?good ones.? The question, of course, is what does ?good? exactly mean? To a buyer with children, it means the best education on the planet. To your real estate agent, however, it may mean something much less.

You must look to facts, not opinions, when evaluating potential school districts as part of your home buying process. Asking for opinions is like a girlfriend asking a boyfriend if she looks good in a particular dress. Do you really think the answer is going to be anything other than positive?

The quality of a school district is found in the hard, cold facts. Issues you should consider include topics such as:

1. What is the student to teacher ratio?

2. What teaching style does the district use?

3. How much experience do the teachers have?

4. What is the turnover rate for teachers?

5. What is the drop out rate?

6. What percentages of graduates go to college?

7. Is there any history of violence on the schools?

8. Are there any reports of gangs?

9. What extra curricular activities are offered such as sports, music, etc.?

10. What are the average SAT scores for students?

While this list of question will help you determine if a school district is ?good,? it isn?t an end all. Consideration must be given to your personal views on the education of your children. Develop questions based on your opinions and make sure to get them answered.

If you have children, evaluating potential school districts is a key factor in purchasing home. Make sure you get the facts, not the opinions of interested people such as the seller or a real estate agent.

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Latitude: 40.482238 -- Longitude: -86.131754

ZIP Codes for Kokomo, Indiana	46901 46902 46903 46904
Area Code for Kokomo, Indiana	765
Time zone for Kokomo, Indiana	EST/ NDST

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Kokomo was named after Miami Indian Chief Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo, which is sometimes spelled as Koh-Koh-Mah or Kokomoko. His name translates to Black Walnut. There was a trading post for commerce between Native Americans and European-Americans here in the early 19th century. David Foster founded the first trading post in Howard County. In 1844, Foster donated forty acres of his land to create a county seat in Kokomo, which was a log courthouse, for use in the community. It was incorporated as a city in 1865. Officially known as the "City of Firsts" for, among other achievements, Kokomo was a pioneer of United States automobile manufacturing, with Elwood Haynes test-driving his early internal combustion engine auto there on 4 July 1894. Haynes and his associates built a number of other autos over the next few years; the Haynes-Apperson Automobile Company for mass-production of commercial autos was established in Kokomo in 1898. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Indiana 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Kokomo	Indiana	United States
Population	46,113	6,080,485	281,421,906
Median age	35.7	35.2	35.3
Median age for Male	33.6	33.9	34
Median age for Female	37.7	36.5	36.5
Households	20,273	2,336,306	105,480,101
Household population	45,419	5,902,331	273,643,273
Average household size	2.24	2.53	2.59
Families	12,195	1,602,501	71,787,347
Average family size	2.9	3.05	3.14
Housing units	22,292	2,532,319	115,904,641
Occupied units	20,273	2,336,306	105,480,101
Vacant units	2,019	196,013	10,424,540

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Home Buying ? School District Issues

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