It’s kind of moot since it’s totally out of your price range. The Boston suburbs are socioeconomically segregated. Newton is 80% college educated adults. The school system rating will reflect that. You’re competing against dual income white collar professionals for the small amount of single family home rental stock. Newton also has good commuter rail and several Green Line routes. It’s some of the best access to the city in metro Boston.

To get a single family home rental at your price point that doesn’t have something drastically wrong with it and get a strong elementary school system, you’re going to have to be outside rational daily commuting distance from the high paying metro Boston job market.