A family weighing schools first should still confirm the exact boundary for a specific address before committing to an area, since City of Saskatoon neighbourhood boundaries and school catchment maps are drawn separately, and a neighbourhood's general reputation for schools does not guarantee any particular house sits inside the catchment a buyer actually wants.
Commute, price relative to the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association's citywide benchmark of $444,700, and lot size or home age tend to matter just as much day to day as the school assignment, especially once a family has lived somewhere a few years.
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