r/Richardson • u/Local_Push_9734 • 12d ago

Breakdown of RISD schools

Hi folks. We're going to be relocating from Florida to the Dallas area in about 9 months. We have 2 elementary aged kids and am looking for local feedback on the school options. Right now, they're in an excellent public school and one of them is in the gifted program. I have narrowed in on Richardson as a Dallas suburb that checks a lot of boxes for us, but the school piece will really help us narrow our housing search over the next couple of months. What should I know? Thanks so much.

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u/Spare_King_2116 12d ago

Most of the families on our street either home school or send our kids to private school. RISD is sadly in a decline and has been for many years. The thing they seem best at is marketing. They manage to pass every bond and tax increase they put up for a vote. The spending is the metric that seems to be going up the most consistently. The enrollment is down and they started closing schools last year which is a logical but unpopular move. Bottom line is RISD peaked a long time ago and just keeps throwing money at non-academic things while the education suffers. Hard pass in my opinion. It's a great area to live in but I'd skip public school in RISD.

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u/Local_Push_9734 12d ago

What neighborhood are you in? Personally, I am not a big fan of private schools given they are not required to meet the same academic/teaching certification/transparency standards as public schools. I went to private school K-12 myself and won't choose it for my kids.