Class Rank in Highly Competitive High School

<p>For what it’s worth, son’s GC just notified the kids who are NMS/F & there are 34 of them out of the 200 seniors in the school & 70+ NMS/F in the entire state. The GC admits that there’s not all that much difference between the top decile & the top half of the class. Can you tell this is a REALLY academic school?</p>

<p>Son still doesn’t know where he wants to go, but is happy to be among the NMS/F. He’s had some severe health challenges that have caused him to miss LOTS of school (30-60+ days/year, every year in high school), but he’s still been able to keep up via self-study. I guess he’ll just apply widely to the schools he really cares about & see how everything works out. His GC will help him to be sure to include some reaches, matches & safeties, I guess
HImom</p>