is anyone aware of a site that can show the geographical extent of a school district? (ie where the borders lie on a street level basis?)

Damn...I only have a map of their airspace.

Here you go. I only searched for your area.

(Franklin County) Columbus, OH - School District Map

doh.

its just that i live right on a border. some houses near me are one district and some are another. One district (NOT the one im currently renting in) has highly rated schools less than a mile away. The district i currently reside in has worse rated schools and the nearest is a 20 minute drive away. I like the area so wanted to see where the border actually sat so i could factor that in to the house search when we look to buy.

thanks for that. Can i ask the search terms you used as when i tried i didnt get anything useful. We live just off that map so i need to search again with a different county.

I used Google and my search string was "columbus ohio school district map". It was the first result.

I would call the school district and find out the boundaries - get it from the horse's mouth. If you also give them particular addresses, they then can tell you which school the place falls under and so you can then review the ratings for that school. Just because a place falls under a particular good district doesn't necessarily mean the particular school is any good; sometimes there are crap schools which lie in "good" districts.

Stupid school districts - never mind that we live literally across the street from the best elementary school in our area, the district boundary means my daughter will have to go to one 20 minutes away. Ridiculous!

It certainly makes a huge difference, no different to UK of course in influencing prices of home etc.
Very good schools here in MN I must say, even though we send our little one to an International School.

Yes well at least I have the fact that it's not a UK school to console me! Even the second best elementary school in our area trumps any UK school in my eyes.

Usually real estate listings (online anyway) will show the school district. Some of the sites allow you to search listings by school district, rather than by town, etc. This can be very handy if you have a specific district in mind. Good luck!

There is also a chance your district has 'school choice' where parents can send the child to the school in the district of their choosing for certain reasons (i.e. nearer to work, friends, etc). You might want to check with your school district to see if they have that available.