High School

Thanks for the info beachmouse...sounds like you have experience with the schools down there. Do you have kids currently enrolled?

No kids yet, but we did our homework when we were buying our house and some of the selling points for the area we picked were Bluewater/Plew elementary schools, Destin/Ruckel middles and Niceville HS, both from the test scores and from the subjective side of things (general reputation, what we thought of the kids we knew who went there, etc.)

Bluewater/Plew elementary schools, Destin/Ruckel middles and Niceville HS

Thanks for the info beachmouse...I had already been to the high school website but was not familiar with the elem & middle schools. I just did a little research & they do look like great schools! (just a little larger than we're used to)

I know what you mean. My high school in Michigan had about 600 students, and that seems to be typical for the Okaloosa elementary schools. But it at least it's not like the Miami area where you get high schools with 4,000 kids at them.

Looks like Niceville HS has about 2,200. :shock:

I guess it's not all bad, though. I mean, you have a big pool of kids to choose your friends from. And I'm sure they offer lots of extracurricular activities- something for everyone. There's always a silver lining 🙂