Grand Rapids Area School and Metro Rankings

In several recent posts I have mentioned the importance of being an informed real estate consumer and in gathering all of the pertinent data for the area(s) in which you are interested. Some of the data that you may wish to consider in your decision may not be or can not be shared by your real estate agent in the interest of fair housing and in an effort to prevent steering.

However, the information you want and need is generally available from a variety of sources such as the local school districts and the municipalities or townships that you are considering. Another source is local publications and Grand Rapids Magazine has just published it's 2008-09 school and metro rankings for 97 communities in West Michigan. The communities are combinations of school districts and cities or townships.

If you would like a copy of the rankings, call Grand Rapids Magazine at 616.459.4545 and request of copy of the July 2008 issue. For the current issue and archive copies of select articles from past issues, go to www.grmag.com or click on the link in the left hand margin of this blog.