Property taxes aren't the big factor they are made out to be. School quality varies greatly even within a taxing district, yet still highly correlated to locat

Property taxes aren't the big factor they are made out to be. School quality varies greatly even within a taxing district, yet still highly correlated to location of high-income people. This is because wealthier neighborhoods have less street crime, more parental involvement in children's education at home, more parental involvement in schools, children who in aggregate are better fit for school success (general health and safety, other factors), teachers prefer to work with (and burn out more slowly with) better-behaved students. The way around these issues would be to randomize school assignment (with residential schools (rare), or bussing (common, with its won set of complications)