Best PlacesSchool Hill, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around School Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
School Hill ranks 4,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in School Hill
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
School Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where School Hill ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$104,375 median, better than 87% of towns
Where School Hill ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in School Hill
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median School Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,375, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses School Hill's effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in School Hill
School Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for School Hill.
Who works in School Hill, and how
Work in School Hill centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in School Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across School Hill.
What the weather is like in School Hill, month by month
School Hill sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 17° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of School Hill
The nearest airport, Appleton International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around School Hill
Schools across School Hill average a B−, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Zielanis ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiel MiddleA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Kiel HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every School Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
School Hill measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare School Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in School Hill
Is School Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, School Hill ranks 4,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is School Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,400. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $104,375 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is School Hill safe?
Yes, School Hill is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare School Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to School Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in School Hill represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
School Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for School Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in School Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of School Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in School Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
School Hill detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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