A family is looking for the Lynbrook school area home, I found this home on our local reil.com. It is a 3 bedrooms and 2 baths on Johnson Ave small 1100 sf (approx) with 6327 sf.(approx).The asking price is $800K. It is on the market also for a while. Th Johnson Ave is a bit busier but the owner’s kids can go to the excellent Fremont Unified School District such as Dilworth Elementary, Miller Middle and Lynbrook High. In year 2005 I helped my buyer to put an offer at Johnson Ave for $825K then it sold for $830K in 2005. One year early 2004 the same kind of the small Johnson home asked for $649K then sold for $743K.

You may wonder:”Why buyers pay more than asking price?” because the family kids can go to the famous Lynbrook High School. Let us find out why Lynbrook High School area is so attractive to buyers? The Lynbrook High school has built the great reputation by different measurement:

1).The Lynbrook High school is one of the National Blue Ribbon School 2008

2). The Lynbrook High School was listed as one of 7 best public high school in South bay (Silicon Valley) to be 100 top high schools in USA by U.S. News & World Report 2007. Those are based on the percentage of students taking advanced-placement or international baccalaureate exams. The U.S. News seeks a way to measure how well those high schools educate their students. The rest bay area high schools made in the list of 100 were Mission San Jose in Fremont, Monta Vista in Cupertino, Gunn and Palo Alto High in Palo Alto, Saratoga in Saratoga and Lynbrook in San Jose.

3). Another way that family search good school us the API score. What is exactly the API scores are? According to the California Department of Education web page that the API score is Academic Performance Index (API) which measures the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of academic measures. The Lynbrook High School’s API score is amazingly high as 920. The API system is designed to provide a view of test scores through a two-year, before and after cycle. The Base score is for the first year (before) and the Growth score is for the second year (after). The Growth score indicates whether the school improved or met its target. The results below show how much this school’s API grew between 2007 and 2008 (as reported in October 2008). Higher API numbers mean higher test scores. The goal for all schools is 800. The Lynbrook High’s API score is 920 (2008 Growth) 911 (2007 Base)

The buyers like to buy the homes with excellent schools so their children will receive the best education. On the other hands some buyers want them for the home appreciation.
Grace Keng, CRS, RE/MAX RES Silicon Valley, Northern California Real Estate Residential Specialist 408 733-8887

Rated number #2 featured Cupertino Realtor on Activerain.com and Localism.com. California relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Grace Keng Silicon Valley homes

The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR), has presented scholarship awards to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship.

SILVAR’s scholarship program, now on its ninth year, recognizes students who have exemplified outstanding achievements in academics, extracurricular/employment activities and community involvement. The selection committee included representatives from the local business community, area high schools, area colleges and SILVAR.

Students who received scholarships from the Foundation, the schools from which they graduated are Cupertino High, Fremont High, Gunn High, Homestead High, Los Altos High, Los Gatos High, Lynbrook High, Menlo Park Atherta High, Mountain View High, Palo Altos High, Prospect High, Santa Clara High, Saratoga High, Westmont High, Wilcox High and Woodside High.

Cammie Brodie 2008 Chairwoman of the foundation said: “ In our industry, we feel fortunate to be able to give back to the community by providing scholarships to these very deserving students.” I feel the same way

Lynbrook High school has been one of the popular Cupertino High School. The API test score is 911 out of 1000 from the recently API test score. The school boundary is in between De Anza, Lawrence Express and Bollinger Rd , Cox in West San Jose with the zip code 95129

Now there are only 7 single homes available for sale from price $998K to $1,499K. The lowest price 2 homes both at Bollinger Rd. There are a couple homes opened this weekend.

1. 870 Forest Ridge Dr San Jose $1,499,000

2. 1430 Glenmoor Wy San Jose $1.498,000

3. 6221 Tracel Dr. San Jose 4/3 $1,299,888

4. 1307 Alderbrook Ln San Jose 4/2 $1,188,000

5. 5474 Castle Manor Dr San Jose 4/2 $1,160,000

6. 6556 Bollinger Rd San Jose 4/2 $1,049,000

7. 6590 Bollinger Rd San Jose 4/2 $988,000

     There are 3 townhouses or condos from price $370K (1 bedroom, 1 bath) to $480,000 (3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths).

1) 7150 Rainbow Dr #8 San Jose 2/1 $488,000

2). 1549 Brookvale Dr #4 San Jose, 2/1 $410,000

3). 6942 Chantel Ct San Jose 1/1 $370,000

There are just not many homes for sale in this area so it is very demanding no matter what.

The Lynbrook High School in San Jose homes are on the high end of the 500 single family homes for sale priced from $3.5 Millions to $350,000.

Comment posted by Carol Shields
at 2/23/2008 12:01:09 AM

Hi Grace! Thank you for your comment - I hope to become as educated as you on the blogging! You are an amazing agent - I have enjoyed reading your blogs! Glad you have joined the WCR group too - hope we can meet soon. All the Best! ~Carol