I'm moving to San Antonio. I have 1 kid in high school and 1 in elementary. Good school districts?

Question

Northside ISD or North East ISD...So far i've heard North East ISD is best...opinions?

Answer 1

North East ISD hands down...The above answerer was correct about Texas having a really good education system. San Antonio does have it's crummy school districts though.

There is actually 4...
-North East ISD
-Schertz/Cibolo/Universal City ISD
-Alamo Heights
-Northside

Judson is allright too

I attended North East ISD schools K-12 and me or my parents have never EVER had problems at that district. The education is great, the teachers are very nice and helpful, and the schools are constantly updating. Even building new schools is quite popular this year.
North East ISD has the Academy of Creative Education (ACE) the only school in the city that offers a different style of education rather than the traditional. I attended Regency Place & Wetmore Elementary , and MacArthur High School. (((GO BRAHMAS!!!))) and they were terrific schools.

You are correct about the North Side ISD. They have a MAJOR overcrowding problem and it's creating a lot of problems for parents and students. Schools that are built to handle capacity can't even handle it anymore. Kids are having to go to school way far from home, the traffic out there is horrible, and it's just getting way too big. My niece goes to a school at a North Side school and she and her parents aren't too fond of the district or school. If you watch the local news the spokes person for NISD is always on TV.

Your best bet is Norh East ISD.

Check out their website at:
www.neisd.net

Answer 2

Due to my wife's love for moving into new houses and finding "a better place to live" we have lived in the Alamo Heights, NEISD, NISD and Comal ISD school districts. We found them all to be very good and all were quite nice for our children in the elementary years. As they became teens and were in the middle and looking into the high school years we investigated the schools in San Antonio very carefully. We chose to live in an area specifically so that our children could go to Bush MS and Reagan HS. (No, this is not due to politics) (These schools happen to be in NEISD, but there are good schools in NISD also) They turned out to be the highest rated pair of schools in the city from a general public school stand point. There are many fine schools throughout the school systems mentioned above, but when we looked at the overall ratings, TAKs scores and graduation rates we were able to make our decision. I would suggest looking for exemplary or recognized schools when looking in any of the school districts.

However, in the long run I think parenting, and not the schools is the key to the children's, success or failure, When I grew up in San Antonio, I did not go to one of the large, "better" school districts, I went to a small 2-A school, on what is now the east side, and I never had any problems, my parents, made sure I had what I needed, I went through college, and on through graduate and post graduate studies, my brother went to the same school and is CEO of a corporation in Austin. And I can remember wishing we could go to a Northeast school or Alamo Heights. Just pick the best school you can, and then stay involved. The main thing I remember, is both of my parents were always there, every step of the way, making sure we had everything we needed for our education.

Answer 3

I have friends who teach in all the school districts in town. Northside is very family oriented. If you have a child with special needs, it is my understanding this is a better district; although, I cannot say by personal opinion just from what I have studied from my colleagues as I am a teacher also.

One of my friends had two girls who attended Clark and the feeder schools and they loved their school. But I have another friend who's kids attended Southwest and his kids loved it there. Still after they finished school, my friends moved to Stone Oak (NEISD) because they felt safer.

My sister once lived in the Northside district and absolutely hated it. She thought the teachers treated her kids like numbers instead of children. So, she moved out to Fair Oaks and really likes the Boerne ISD except the technology is not as advanced.

Two of my brothers have children in Northeast. They like it as their kids are always treated as number 1 and that's the way it should be. As far as technology is concerned, it is Northeast hands down. Northeast has a brand new school opening up in the Fall called Clara Baines "Lady Bird" Johnson High School. She was a wonderful woman!

If you move close to this school, your child would go there next year. I always suggest that if a child moves during the high school years, a brand new school is best as everyone is new and there are no whose sister are you and oh, you're that kid that did such and such in the middle school. The administration, faculty and even kids are new, so it is the best situation. And, upon graduation, the students feel very unique and special.

I know I am biased. I chose to move into NEISD, but I once lived in Alamo Heights. The heights does have it's problems, but they hide the poorer kids because they want to be known as the old money school district. It's really a shame.

To me, NEISD is by far the most understanding district for kids of all of the various handicaps and capabilities. Kids don't slip through the cracks, the administrators constantly look for new approaches for educational advances and technologically they are top of the list. I do not work in the district although I did. I found that it was hard to be a mom in the same district where I worked in as it appeared that the administrators had higher expectations of the children as students and of me as a parent.

I like advocating for my children without the hassle of worrying how it's going to affect my job.

Answer 4

Northeast ISD has some excellent schools,

Answer 5

Texas has the better school system, from what I understand, dating a teacher from Texas. Personally not many people use private school because of that. If your looking for an environment. I can't help you.. however I just know the state has a good school system. Going with your gut instinct.

Answer 6

Children are our most important asset, they are truly our greatest wealth. Both of the School districts that you have asked about are excellent, however NISD edges out NEISD,(reported by Express News) TAKs testing was done and NISD passed 100% NEISD had one school fail. If I wanted to live in the NEISD I would not let that one school failure dissuade from living there but I would not let the over crowding at the NISD stop me from moving there either as that overcrowding problem is well in hand and is being taken care of. Most of the over crowding probem stems from the huge amount of growth taken place in the NISD. I have a special needs child, I would have moved to Austin (which I hate) to insure that my son had the very best educational opportunity available to him , we found it in the NISD. Of corse this choice is yours,.... but our choice was the NISD by the way we have never felt like a number or have ever been treated badly by the NISD or one of their schools.

The schools that your children go to as children are what makes them or even breaks them in college and grad school, one of my children is a MD Child Nuerologist and is director of Child Nuerology Residency Program at a major University