Where I live, everyone says, "Oh my God, the school district you live in sucks". Well, I only hear this from people who send their children to Catholic schools, or work for other districts, so I decided to research it myself. What I found was interesting.
There is a site called Great Schools dot Net that allows you to compare different schools, or even where YOU went to school, to see how bad or good it is.
What I found is that my school district is pretty good, not the greatest, but above average and offers a decent education.