Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs

If you are in the market to buy a home in Barrington and are not familiar with the area, you should pay careful attention to the school boundaries.
I understand you may not have children that will attend the schools, but at some point in the future you will probably want to sell the home. So bear in mind that because Barrington has such a good school district if your home is outside the district, it may affect your homes re-sale and market time.

A good example of this is Barrington Hills. There are parts of Barrington Hills that go to school district 300. Buyers with over $1 million to spend on a house with 5 acres, ability to have horses and have children, will almost certainly want the kids to go to district 220. The same is true of the northern part of Lake Barrington where the kids go to Wauconda school district. There are parts of Deer Park that attend Lake Zurich schools. Likewise Barrington school district has parts of other towns attending it's high school, Fox River Grove being an example.

Every house listed for sale will have the school district information provided, and wherever possible the actual schools listed. However I do caution you the buyer to do your own research. Do not buy a house on the basis of information that is not guaranteed. Call the schools or the district offices to find out whether the school information is correct. Ask if there are any known boundary change proposals or new schools to be built. Then make an informed decision.

It never really matter to me because my children attended Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights for much of their school years. My eldest is doing his final 2 years at Barrington High School, he is now a senior. However when we bought our present home in Barrington, I made sure we were in district 220, knowing that if it was not it could have a detrimental effect on re-sale.

School district 220 has a web site that you can view the current boundaries. Here is the link: http://www.barrington220.org/maps/

Here is a link to the district web page with links to all Barrington Schools: http://www.barrington220.org

Other well thought of high schools in our area are William Fremd, Adlai Stevenson, Lake Zurich. School reports can be found at the following link:

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/research/htmls/report_card.htm

Just another factor to consider when buying a home in any of the Barrington Towns.

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