Weird Ranking of Private Schools in Massachusetts

Prep School Admissions
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<p>This is a fairly odd ranking for Boston area private schools, very different from the usual lists thrown around on CC. [Private</a> Schools Chart - Boston Magazine](<a href=“http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston/private2009]Private”>http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston/private2009)</p>

<p>It’s intriguing because it doesn’t consider selectivity, nor SSAT scores. It weighs factors in an unusual way. If a school didn’t submit data, it assumes it’s at the average.</p>

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Hmm, I don’t understand this. If a school does not submit data, the data from the school would be marked as a null value when calculating the average… In this case a school which does not submit any data is considered in between the schools which DID submit data? Sounds a bit odd to me.</p>

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<p>Garbage in = Garbage out</p>

<p>I know at least one of the subject schools that was defaulted to “average” was never contacted by BM</p>

<p>and the data they wanted for that school was also readily available in Prep School guidebooks . . but the “reporters” did not do that work</p>

<p>That aside, it was useful to get BUA and Commonwealth into the public’s eye; their relative rank is questionable, but for the right kid they might be great</p>

<p>There’s also a pre-existing CC thread on this topic</p>

<p>Kei</p>

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<p>Here’s the other thread
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-cafe/770791-boston-com-private-school-ratings-ma-lots-surprises-check-out.html?highlight=roxbury[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-cafe/770791-boston-com-private-school-ratings-ma-lots-surprises-check-out.html?highlight=roxbury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Kei</p>

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<p>Thanks, Kei-o-lei. Sorry to start a new thread on an old topic.</p>

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<p>Montrose, Tabor, Waring, Gov, and Lawrence should not be in top 20
Roxbury Latin and BBN should be</p>

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<p>Periwinkle said: Sorry to start a new thread on an old topic. </p>

<p>No problem; the interweb is so flexible :-)</p>

<p>Kei</p>

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<p>This Boston Magazine list was recently revised. BB&N now back in the top 5 IIRC
Silly ranking system anyway IMO</p>

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<p>For another perspective, here is Lvillegrad’s ranking of selected MA schools by placement in top colleges (sorted by MATRIC top index). See matriculationstats.org for more complete data, methodology, and terminology. As with any ranking, interpret with care and use only within a more holistic, personalized evaluation of schools. Several schools mentioned in this thread do not currently appear in Lvillegrad’s ranking (possibly due to incomplete placement data).</p>

<pre><code> avg. MATRIC MATRIC years
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<p>School class size HYPM Ivy top index strong index of data</p>

<p>Roxbury Latin 49 25.9% 32.1% 240 306 5
Andover 301 18.4% 27.8% 214 285 5
Winsor 59 16.5% 26.6% 205 277 5
Groton 80 16.0% 23.8% 189 262 5
Noble & Greenough 110 10.6% 25.3% 177 256 5
Deerfield 190 13.7% 20.8% 165 235 2
Milton 178 10.1% 21.6% 161 229 2
Boston U. Academy 30 11.8% 16.5% 158 230 8
Commonwealth 36 6.7% 17.4% 157 227 5
Belmont Hill 71 9.0% 16.9% 140 216 5
Concord Academy 88 5.2% 14.3% 126 197 5
Middlesex 87 7.1% 15.3% 119 199 5</p>