So I noticed that your son’s school does not give out letter grades. I assume it operates like one of the following:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2003870-high-school-with-no-grades.html
How do you know that your son ranks around #50 in his class if they don’t give out grades for coursework but merely written evaluations?
I wonder whether not giving out grades hurts kids from that school when they do take graded standardized exams.