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Relocating, it’s all about the schools
Are you relocating to the Colorado Springs area, or perhaps the Air Force Academy or Fort Carson or Peterson Field ? Are you relocating with USAA? Trying to decide where to live ?
For a Free Colorado Springs Relocation Guide, Email Kathy Torline at KTorline@msn.com
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To find out how Colorado Springs area schools rank, national and local web sites offer an assortment of school and neighborhood data. The national sites typically pull school and demographic data to generate their school profiles, consequently information on private schools is harder to come by.
But before we start with national sites, let’s first start with links to the school districts in the area:
- District 2 (Harrison)
- District 3 (Widefield)
- District 8 (Fountain)
- District 11
- District 12 (Cheyenne)
- District 14 (Manitou Springs)
- District 20 (Academy)
- District 23 (Peyton)
- District 38 (Lewis Palmer)
- District 49 (Falcon)
OK, now it’s time for the national web sites……………..
- Wealth of information for families with school-age children (test scores, ethnic information, student/teacher ratios and other metrics).
- Schools are ranked by a number of criteria, Read the rest of this entry »
Moving to Colorado Springs, check out Zip Skinny
Looking at moving to a new neighborhood, make sure and check out ZIPskinny
For someone like me who loves statistics, this web site provides everything you ever wanted to know about a neighborhood
For a Free Colorado Springs Relocation Guide, Email Kathy Torline at KTorline@msn.com
According to the info on the site, it was created as a Web development “hobby” project using Census 2000 data obtained from the Census 
website.
You start with putting in your zip code on the upper right side of the page. After you click “get it“, it comes up with a web page with 7 different tabs, all in different colors so it is easy to distinguish between them.
One of the tabs include charts (for those us that like pictures), another includes info on schools, and yet another includes basic information on the zip code. If you want a a map of the zip code area, no problem.
One of the best tools is the zip code comparison tab. If you are trying to decide between two neighborhoods, one in Southwest Colorado Springs (80906) and one in Northwest Colorado Springs (80919); you can look at the population density, household income, occupation comparison between both areas.
There is also another web site, zipwho.com. It seems to give the same info as ZIPskinny, just presents it in a different format.
As an example ….. Did you know that in the 80919 zip code in Colorado Springs, the average home has Read the rest of this entry »
Moving to Ft. Carson? Here’s some info for our new soldiers and their families
Moving to Ft. Carson soon?
Here are some helpful sites and info to make it as smooth as possible.
- look for the statue of Kit Carson also located by the main gate
Ft. Carson Army Base is also known as The Mountain Post and is located in the southwestern part of Colorado Springs. The main gate is located at I-25 and South Academy, though there are many gates to the base. The base extends past Fountain, where they are building a new improved gate (Gate 20) for all the new soldiers and their families who will be relocating here.
Quite a few of you will probably live on base and you might like to know what the housing it like. Feel free to check out the housing page. Don’t forget to check out the wonderful info located on the about page. If you plan on living off base and would like to purchase a home or get more info on the possibility of owning a home, please take a look at searching for homes.
Children on Ft. Carson attend Read the rest of this entry »
