School Affordability Finder

Where can you get good schools you can afford? Set your rent budget and find districts ranked by educational quality relative to housing cost.

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School Quality Data

Student-teacher ratios, AP course access, per-pupil spending, and economic diversity from NCES and the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Real Rent Data

HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2026) for every US county. Know what rent actually costs before you move.

Value Score

Our value score ranks districts by educational quality relative to local rent. Higher = better value for families.

Set your maximum monthly rent budget above, optionally pick a state, and hit "Find Districts." We'll match school districts to counties where 2-bedroom rent falls within your budget, then rank by quality metrics.

Or browse pre-built state pages:

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is the value score calculated? ▼
The value score combines school quality metrics (student-teacher ratio, AP course access, per-pupil spending, poverty rate) with HUD Fair Market Rent data. Lower STR, more AP access, and higher spending increase the quality score. This is divided by local rent to get value — how much education quality you get per dollar of housing cost.
What data sources are used? ▼
School data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022 directory, CCD Membership 2024-25, and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. Rent data is HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026. All are official US government datasets.