I think in a lot cases you might have this backwards.<p>Many new schools, especially in the South, are built in the county or in a more rural part of the town, because property is cheap or donated there.<p>If the school is a &quot;good&quot; (you can decide on what that means for you) school, then all of a sudden, the property near that school become much more valuable to build home on for parents.<p>If the value of the property goes up, taxes go up in those new divisions.<p>Now, you have a situation where THE SCHOOL has driven off poor families and increased its own budget ... just because it was &quot;good&quot; to start off with!<p>So it isn&#x27;t always that people are building the &quot;good&quot; schools on already expensive property to cater to the wealthy.