<p>All schools are not on that list. I know a number of them with average SATs way up there that are not there. Look at where the bottom of class is going to college. The top kids of many different school go to the top schools. It’s where the bottom kids, or the bottom half end up going that is the telling thing.</p>
<p>In one public district where we lived, the realtors loved to say how great the school was. Hardly. The bottom quarter went to community college, tech schools or did not go to college. But there was a strong top 10% at the school that did go to the name brand schools and a goodly number who went to flagship school which was highly desirable. Every AP class in the book was offered and the kids in that group were as strong as any I have seen, but the high school is not regarded a competitive one according to the top colleges. Considering that there are more than 2000 colleges in the US, what percentage is considered top 25? So it goes with the high schools.</p>