This year's FCAT (statewide standardized test) results are available for your browsing pleasure at:
http://fcat.fldoe.org/mediapacket/2007/
Walton County schools have improved a lot in the past five to ten years, but I'd still probably be looking in Destin. Consistently high test scores, Okaloosa is considered to be a high-performing school district by the state while Walton is not, and the administration has tended to be more professional and less good-old-boy, it seems.
If you do decide on Walton County, I'd definitely either stay south of Choctawhatchee Bay, or try to get waivered into SoWal schools, which seem to be a decided improvement over Freeport and points further north.
http://fcat.fldoe.org/mediapacket/2007/
Walton County schools have improved a lot in the past five to ten years, but I'd still probably be looking in Destin. Consistently high test scores, Okaloosa is considered to be a high-performing school district by the state while Walton is not, and the administration has tended to be more professional and less good-old-boy, it seems.
If you do decide on Walton County, I'd definitely either stay south of Choctawhatchee Bay, or try to get waivered into SoWal schools, which seem to be a decided improvement over Freeport and points further north.