It really depends though. In my state, schools will allow inter-district transfers but only if there are students wishing to leave the "good" school to attend t

It really depends though. In my state, schools will allow inter-district transfers but only if there are students wishing to leave the "good" school to attend the "bad" one. In practice, this means that there might be a dozen openings for 10,000 students who might apply to transfer. If you aren't a future Rhodes Scholar or Div 1 football superstar, there are no transfer options.