Schools
How to Verify a School Assignment Before You Buy
The procedure that settles the question, the boundary facts that upend shortlists, and why this site publishes no school rankings.
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Assignment is set by the district and determined by exact address, not by subdivision name or a listing’s description. Use the district’s own lookup, check elementary, middle and high separately, and ask whether the boundary is under review. Four facts regularly upend shortlists late: Indian Land is in Lancaster County rather than Fort Mill District 4, Mooresville is split between two districts, Lake Wylie is Clover, and Tega Cay is Fort Mill District 4 despite being its own municipality. This site publishes no rankings — the two states measure schools differently, a composite grade hides what you care about, and ranking schools to steer buyers between neighborhoods raises Fair Housing problems regardless of intent.
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Lancaster County · SC
Indian Land
Lancaster County’s panhandle — often more house per dollar, on a single corridor.
Iredell County · NC
Mooresville
Iredell County value, Lake Norman access, and a different set of school districts.