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Originally Posted by moorhosj

As an expecting parent wanting to plant roots in the city, this raises an issue I am seeing. When you search for school rankings/results, the most common response is GreatSchools.org. They have a lot of information and make it easy to compare schools in one city to another (or city to suburbs).

The problem is that some of their data is from as far back as 2014. When we are talking about these rapid neighborhood transformations, it is hard to find a reliable source for what is truly happening on the ground. We have the city data, but aside from the straight demographic information, I think people view it with skepticism based on past scandals and the natural incentive to inflate (that could just be me). As an example, GreatSchools has Schurz as a 1/10. This would immediately turn-off many families looking to make a move into the neighborhood.

Does anyone have thoughts on how to cut through the information and find the truth? Can we extrapolate marothisu's data to estimate which areas will see school improvements in the next 3-5 years?

Do not use Greatschools, it's terrible. Use the https://illinoisreportcard.com/