Shhhh–Don’t tell people API scores will ultimately have very little to do with how successful one’s children become–that’s one way we’re keeping property values and rents inflated in said areas.
But, seriously, my kids, and most of their friends, were raised in RSF, and went to great schools, yet the LIFE success rate of these kids–from what we’ve seen now that they are grown–still seems to be about 50/50–if that.
Probably evidence that achieving one’s “dream life” has many elements–many of which are out of our control.
So, my point to the OP–If the API scores of the two schools you are comparing are fairly close, I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
