<p>My school district, which is quite large at 134,000 students, had only 7 NMSFs in the public school system last year, all of which attended the school my son is currently attending. </p>
<p>I am wondering whether there is a way to find out how many NMSFs live in this district, regardless of where they go to school. Is there a way to find such information, or figure it out from available information?</p>
<p>The list for the county usually finds its way into the local newspaper. It shows all the students that made it, by school (public or private). Otherwise, you can check the private schools’ websites and they many times have sort of a newsletter where it would show the name of the NMSF students. It’s an honor they like to showcase unless they didn’t get any.</p>
<p>We live fairly close to a large city that has a monthly magazine named for the city–most cities do. Every year they put out an issue ranking the suburbs, as far as quality of living. One of the most important issues that they look at is education, and they have charts listing each school and district along with information about those schools. One of the things that is listed is number of NMSF’s, so you may want to check out your local library for magazines in your area that compare schools. Also. many local real estate companies offer information comparing different schools, and they may have those numbers.</p>
<p>There is an official book which lists, by state, all NMSFs. IIRC, every school that adminsters the PSAT gets a copy. It probably goes to the college counselor’s office.</p>
<p>Maybe this is a silly question, but…why do you want to know?</p>
<p>None of those methods is going to give you a reliable count. Around here, at least, most of the private schools don’t brag about stuff like that, and none of them has students who come from a single city (as opposed to city and suburbs).</p>
<p>lunitari, I’m curious as to how many NMSFs live in my district but don’t go to public school. If I had the number of NMSFs in the district, all I have to do is subtract 7 to satisfy my curiosity!</p>
<p>Thanks, all, for the suggestions. ivyalum, I’ll have to see whether my son’s guidance office has such a book.</p>
<p>If you know all the private schools in your area, you could look on their individual web sites. I just looked on the web site of the school where I used to work and on that of my child’s alma mater, and I easily found this information for both schools.</p>
<p>ivyalum, thanks. That method wouldn’t work here (DC area), as a kid who lives in my district who doesn’t go to public school is very likely to go to private school in another district. I can see how many NMSFs there might be at the different private schools, but would have no way of knowing which school district the kids live in.</p>
<p>You wouldn’t be able to get that information unless you had a list of all the NMSFs with their home address. I could live in your district and go to private school in California and viceversa.</p>
<p>Why not call the people who administer the NMSF program and ask them? Perhaps you should state a reason, such as doing research for your school district, rather than just sounding like it is idle curiosity.</p>
<p>They are very reticent about providing any information. For someone that aced their test they’ve been quite curt whenever I’ve called.</p>