I went to a pretty mediocre public school that had a serious drug problem (metal detectors, drug-searching dogs, etc.) and I actually think that learning to navigate the broken landscape of such an institution was itself an education in applied creativity – and probably more applicable to the real world than the academically-better but more rule-following schools.

I imagine that the better schools prepare one for operating in operating within societal institutions, Ivy League, etc. but can actually be detrimental if you're trying to establish something radically innovative or operate in a way that isn't already accepted as "elite" by society.