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http://www.businessinsider.com/most-educated-places-map-2014-9As with the affluent places, a good number of the most educated towns are suburbs of big cities. Many towns showed up on both maps, having both very high median incomes and educational attainment, like Scarsdale, New York, and Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Some are college towns, like University Heights, Iowa, and Wellesley, Massachusetts. Indeed, for four states California, Mississippi, New York, and Pennsylvania the highest-ranking place was actually a college campus. Since we're focusing on towns, we removed the college campuses from our list.
There was a bit more of a population spread for the best-educated places than for the most affluent. Populations ranged from a little over 1,000 (our chosen lower cutoff) in Yarrow Point, Washington, all the way up to Fargo, North Dakota, a city of 106,000.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)How does a "city" in a state that teaches creationism even make this list?
On edit: Oh, I see. The map has Mission Hills in Missouri. How ironic.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)which makes a meander around Mission Hills.
And it's the top town in every state, so even Kansas has to have one. I was quite surprised that Fargo, ND had by far the lowest percentage of any of the 50. I always though ND was kind of like Minnesota, Jr.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)But I suppose even Kansas has a most "educated" city.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)a long time ago.
It's no where near the Missouri River, or even the Kaw River.
The postal address for it and several other municipalities is Shawnee Mission, KS. If Shawnee Mission were a city, it would be the largest in Kansas.
I have no doubt that it is the most educated City in Kansas. But I wonder where Lawrence or Overland Park came in.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Used to be in the top 3 in the nation but I have no idea what their ranking is now. This was back in the 70's and 80's.
xmas74
(29,674 posts)wealthy and probably lots of tax money to spend for their schools.
We both know JoCo KS is where the money is.
JoCo. Where they tint the windows on their buses to hide the fact that they're empty and sidewalks are rare. I grew up in OP (What's now called Old OP) and got in fights almost daily because we were Catholic, Irish, poor and our clothes were home made. Good times.
xmas74
(29,674 posts)If you're not wealthy, you're nothing.
I loved nothing better in high school than beating the crap out of a few schools in debate. I lived in a small town, rural area in a working class family. I never went to clinics or camps but those kids did. I did all of my own research while some of those kids purchased theirs. (If you get all of your evidence from Squirrel Killers you deserve to lose.) Good times.
In more recent years, I enjoyed watching my child terrorize those kids in the swim league. Once again, all the clubs and clinics for stroke/turn/dive/start and my kid with public pool lessons was able to out swim them all. That was funny.
Logical
(22,457 posts)To deal with!
That's awesome! I played football in the poor kid's league, not the Y and had the same enjoyment. Nice thing about football, I didn't care so much if we won or not, heck, we only had 13 kids compared to their 30. What was most important was knocking the living sh- er, poo out of 'em and then seeing them Monday at school (When we played that particular team) walking funny.
So glad your children are enjoying that same experience although in the mental arena!
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)That is a fairly affluent area, and I am sure all the kids go to private schools.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Brother Buzz
(36,422 posts)I never heard of it, so I looked it up and realized my brother lives right next door in Portola Valley and shares the same Zip code. High school students living in that Zip code are heavily recruited by private colleges. That's a fact, Jack.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)For those of you playing along back East, Portola Valley is big, big buck$, right above $ilicon Valley.
Brother Buzz
(36,422 posts)He's a retired librarian and teaches exactly one course every semester at Stanford so he can play golf on their fine private golf course just down the lane from his house.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Color me shocked.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)That probably explains it.
Wasilla?? ROFL. The armpit of Alaska.
Mosby
(16,306 posts)It's the most expensive town in the valley, only Carefree and Cave Creek come close.
It's where a lot of super rich people live.
jen63
(813 posts)from the 17th ranked high school in Ohio. Not too bad for a paycheck to paycheck single mom. I did my research before we moved back from spending two years in Mississippi. I rented a cheap apartment and he rode the bus every day. I know he felt different; all of the other kids were fairly affluent, but it paid off.
He had so many more opportunities there than he would have had at a less affluent school. A sad state of affairs if you were to ask me. All kids, in all districts should have the same opportunities. There was no "talented and gifted" testing; if the kids thought they could handle an AP course, they took it. It was night and day from what I was used to being involved in. Huge emphasis placed on service oriented clubs, etc.
MattSh
(3,714 posts)I know the place. Home to a lot of bankers and Wall Street types, no doubt. And plenty of MBA's. The type of people who specialize in taking what's yours (your money, your tax money) and making it theirs. Or eliminating your job or cutting your salary.
Call me not impressed.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)I think the study attempted to define any rough geographic area as a town or city.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)the Census Bureau's term for places that aren't incorporated.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)If a place cannot qualify as a town per se it should not be given such status in a "smartest towns" listing.
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)I had never even heard of it; figured Huntsville would be tops in AL education.
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IDemo
(16,926 posts)Hidden Springs is a real estate development in Idaho, not a town. Upscale and well educated denizens, no doubt.
politicat
(9,808 posts)400 houses of gated community in unincorporated county land. Not a town, doesn't have a post office.
I wonder if a dearth of children and teenagers has anything to do with the numbers. When 1/4 of a population automatically doesn't have higher ed because they're not there yet, it kinda stacks the deck.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Don't know if it still is.
Given the brainpower assembled in and affiliated with the Mayo Clinic I am surprised it's not Rochester in MN.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)the UI live by in large. In walking distance from campus and far enough away from the domiciles of students and other workers on campus to give them a sense of having arrived. It is also notorious for their single cop running the most stringent speed traps to pay his salary. Doesn't surprise me that it is "highly educated." You can't toss a stick and not hit a Ph.D. or M.D. or J.D. there.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)the UI live by in large. In walking distance from campus and far enough away from the domiciles of students and other workers on campus to give them a sense of having arrived. It is also notorious for their single cop running the most stringent speed traps to pay his salary. Doesn't surprise me that it is "highly educated." You can't toss a stick and not hit a Ph.D. or M.D. or J.D. there.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,834 posts)Their school district is very highly regarded and well-funded. I've known parents who've scrimped and saved on everything else to get a home in that area just for the schools and frankly we have plenty of other districts around here that would compare well with the best districts in the country but this really is an attraction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Trier_High_School
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Indian Hill, OH is a millionaire's enclave of Cincinnati. Shepherdstown, WV is a small town that's home to a teacher's college. Chevy Chase, MD, a suburb of D.C., has the highest median income in the country. In fact, I noticed that several of the top ten median incomes in the country are on this map: Chevy Chase, MD; Short Hills, NJ; Mission Hills, KS; Belle Meade, TN and Scarsdale, NY.
TBF
(32,056 posts)as with the Wisconsin entry.
JanMichael
(24,885 posts)states specifically on their website that they are "one of America's Top College Towns."
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)supernova
(39,345 posts)not a university town.
It's lovely to be sure, and worth a visit. The restaurant is FAB!! (several of my culinary school classmates either work there or are doing internships there.)
But it is a retirement village, not a college town. Their website is over selling it. It is about 15, 16 miles from Chapel Hill, a true college town.
JanMichael
(24,885 posts)bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)Not a place I've ever thought of going, but 39% is their best?