When buying a house, most buyers with children check out the school district as part of their due diligence. With this in mind, I avoid purchasing properties to flip that are in poor performing school districts. I notice that Crowley ISD was upgraded to Acceptable this year.
The 2011 TEA School Ratings are now available at http://www.box.net/shared/s97ep10l5msy1oqd5u50.
Dan