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Can anybody tell me about Missori City, such as

- appreciation rates

- school system

- Crime

Any and all information greatlly appreciated!

Not sure about appreciation rates, but the school system in the newer suburbs is Ft. Bend and is a good school district, though I don't have any stats on specific schools.

Crime is surprisingly low. Most think it is high, but that part of town including Sugar Land has very low crime. Mo City is lower than Sugar Land though.

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Keep in mind that the Harris County portion of Missouri City is in Houston ISD (www.houstonisd.org) - The Fort Bend County portion is in Fort Bend ISD.

If your desired house is in Fort Bend County, use this http://zonemaps.fortbend.k12.tx.us/edulog/...ry/WebQuery.jsp to check for the zoned schools.

The schools zoned for the Harris County portion are as follows -

*Inside Beltway 8: Gross Elementary School - http://es.houstonisd.org/grosses/

*Outside Beltway 8: Bell Elementary School - http://es.houstonisd.org/belles/

All of Harris County Missouri City is zoned to -

* Welch Middle School - http://ms.houstonisd.org/welchms/

* Westbury Middle School - http://hs.houstonisd.org/westburyhs/

Profiles:

* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Bell_ES.pdf

* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Gross_ES.pdf

* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Welch_MS.pdf

* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Westbury_HS.pdf

So.. you may ask "How good are they?"

We bashed Westbury High School to death in this thread: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...amp;hl=Westbury

Despite the fact it has a new building, WHS is a rough school with little community support. I would stay away from Westbury High School.

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Despite the fact it has a new building, WHS is a rough school with little community support. I would stay away from Westbury High School.

Yeah, it sure is. When I was at Dulles, our game at Westbury was my very first as the team's cameraman (because the head manager then was out of town at a Catholic retreat), and I would earn that spot for the remainder of my Dulles days.

Just going back to Westbury gives you the impression of an academic trash dump, despite the refurbished look. My uncle went there. He does not want to go back. And Westbury should now be considered "Worstbury". There is a lot of crime and gangs, and my mother was surely glad to get the hell out of there.

As for Missouri City in general, crime compared to Sugar Land is rather split. Missouri City has more violent crime than Sugar Land because of the neighborhoods in the northern and eastern portions of the city as compared to the greener pastures of the western and southern portions of the city. However, Sugar Land has more property crime than Mo City, but largely because of Town Square and First Colony Mall; the northern portions of Sugar Land where all the robberies have taken place have been in unincorporated areas north of New Territory and the Sugar Land Regional Airport.

And compared to Sugar Land, Missouri City's FBISD schools are lower rated. The only recognized high school (and there are no exemplary ones), Clements, is in Sugar Land. By contrast, the only academically unacceptable school (Marshall High School) is located in northeast Missouri City.

And virtually all of FBISD's exemplary schools are in Sugar Land and Richmond.

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And virtually all of FBISD's exemplary schools are in Sugar Land and Richmond.

Technically, all of them are in Sugar Land or in unincorporated areas with Richmond addresses.

All of the city of Richmond is in Lamar Consolidated ISD.

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Demograhpics of Missouri City from area connect:

Race

One race 51823 97.94%

White 23435 44.29%

Black or African American 20290 38.35%

American Indian and Alaska Native 107 0.2%

Asian 5610 10.6%

Asian indian 1946 3.68%

Chinese 1505 2.84%

Filipino 929 1.76%

Japanese 45 0.09%

Korean 81 0.15%

Vietnamese 610 1.15%

Other Asian 494 0.93%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 21 0.04%

Native Hawaiian 3 0.01%

Guamanian or Chamorro 3 0.01%

Samoan 3 0.01%

Other Pacific Islander 12 0.02%

Some other race 2360 4.46%

Two or more races 1090 2.06%

Not sure about appreciation rates, but the school system in the newer suburbs is Ft. Bend and is a good school district, though I don't have any stats on specific schools.

Crime is surprisingly low. Most think it is high, but that part of town including Sugar Land has very low crime. Mo City is lower than Sugar Land though.

2004 Crime Statistics from areaconnect.com:

Crime Type 2004 Total Per 100,000 People National per 100,000 People

Overall Missouri City Crime Index 1396 2194.2 3982.6

Missouri City Violent Crimes 134 210.6 465.5

Missouri City Murders 0 0 5.5

Missouri City Rapes 21 33 32.2

Missouri City Robberies 61 95.9 136.7

Missouri City Aggravated Assaults 52 81.7 291.1

Missouri City Property Crimes 1262 1983.6 3517.1

Missouri City Burglaries 406 638.2 729.9

Missouri City Larceny/Thefts 747 1174.1 2365.9

Missouri City Motor Vehicle Thefts 109 171.3 421.3

Missouri City Arsons 1 10 15.72 N/A

All are better than the national average crime rate -- all except rape. Watch yo daughters now! (If U got any).

Wow, nobody got murdered in Missouri City that year. **drops jaw in shock** That's probably not the case the past year and this -- could be at least one killing.

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2004 Crime Statistics from areaconnect.com:

Crime Type 2004 Total Per 100,000 People National per 100,000 People

Overall Missouri City Crime Index 1396 2194.2 3982.6

Missouri City Violent Crimes 134 210.6 465.5

Missouri City Murders 0 0 5.5

Missouri City Rapes 21 33 32.2

Missouri City Robberies 61 95.9 136.7

Missouri City Aggravated Assaults 52 81.7 291.1

Missouri City Property Crimes 1262 1983.6 3517.1

Missouri City Burglaries 406 638.2 729.9

Missouri City Larceny/Thefts 747 1174.1 2365.9

Missouri City Motor Vehicle Thefts 109 171.3 421.3

Missouri City Arsons 1 10 15.72 N/A

All are better than the national average crime rate -- all except rape. Watch yo daughters now! (If U got any).

Wow, nobody got murdered in Missouri City that year. **drops jaw in shock** That's probably not the case the past year and this -- could be at least one killing.

You can't really get a feel of a city off statistics. Some times statistics are over rated, from the most violent cities in America list Gary Indiana is worst than New York or Houston or Atlanta.
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Thanks - does anyone know what the appreciation rate is, whether it is going up or down, particularly Quail Valley?

I don't know what it's doing now but I know a family that bought their house for about $105k in 2000 and sold it for about $130k-$135k last Spring.

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