San Francisco, CA – July 11, 2013 – GreatSchools is pleased to announce a partnership with Zillow®, the leading real estate marketplace, to help families find a home to buy or rent at the same time that they search for a great school.
“Many families come to GreatSchools for the first time because they are preparing to move to a new neighborhood or community,” said Bill Jackson, Founder and CEO of GreatSchools. “Parents are looking for a neighborhood with great school options for their kids, and partnering with Zillow helps GreatSchools bring families more and better information about the whole neighborhood, including nearby homes.”
Visitors to the GreatSchools.org website can now access the Zillow search experience, so that families can quickly click to detailed information about homes that are available near schools that they are considering for their children. Additionally, school profiles from GreatSchools are incorporated into the Zillow website, enabling families to learn more about nearby schools while they are looking for a home. GreatSchools has arranged a variety of partnerships to provide families with rich information and insights about schools, and help parents get the best possible education for their children.
Zillow is the leading online real estate company in the U.S., with a database of more than 110 million homes. Zillow is also an ideal partner for GreatSchools because the company provides a great user experience, especially on mobile devices. Mobile usage of the GreatSchools.org website has grown rapidly, and now brings 20% of total traffic to GreatSchools.org.
About GreatSchools
Founded in 1998, GreatSchools is a national nonprofit that helps parents get a great education for their children. Our Webby award-winning website, GreatSchools.org, helps families make crucial decisions about where to live and where to send their children to school. GreatSchools.org is the nation’s leading guide to PreK-12 schools, with profiles of 200,000 public and private schools and more than one million ratings and reviews by parents, teachers and students. In addition, GreatSchools.org offers thousands of articles, videos and worksheets that give parents practical ways to support their children’s learning. Last year we reached 44 million people, including half of all American families with school-age children. Headquartered in San Francisco, GreatSchools has local programs in Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Washington, DC.
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