Good schools or good house?

Hi all, my first time posting here. Forgive my formatting. Our daughter is about to start elementary, and we are looking to buy a house in the Illinois suburbs with decent schools. After lots of research we had found 2 houses in Hoffman Estates that are attractive to us in their own ways and we have a hard time deciding which to buy. House 1 has all 3 schools (elementary/ jr high/ high) as 9/9/10 based on GreatSchools rating (fairly accurate IMO), but the house itself is a bit dated with some updates to do (mild stuff like window frames etc) House 2 has the 3 schools at 5/6/10, but the house itself is fully renovated, we don’t need to do any additional work. House 2 is about 5% more expensive than house 1. Same tax. Would like to get some ideas on which one to choose and why? Thanks a lot in advance.

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