Does any school publish their median GPA?

[Anonymous]

Or even what the median “should” be for a class? I don’t understand how they can’t publish this data so we can actually see how our students stand? Is the 87 above average or below average?

[Anonymous]

No. We must take the word of private school parents that there is no grade inflation at private schools, that their schools are all more rigorous than all public schools, and that their students are smarter and more hard working.

Because they pay 50K+ a year and therefore it must be so.

[Anonymous]

Ask to see the school profile if you can't find it online. DS's school has it on their website.

[Anonymous]

Some schools report their median gpa on the report that gets sent to colleges. But I don't know if that report is always public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some schools report their median gpa on the report that gets sent to colleges. But I don't know if that report is always public.

You can find a lot of them by googling “school profile [name of school]”. Some include GPA and/or test averages or median ranges, others don’t. Potomac’s, for example, is four pages long and very detailed while SSSAS’s is two pages and pretty generic.

[Anonymous]

Holton provides the GPA distribution (by quintile) to parents of juniors. That’s specific to the respective class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. We must take the word of private school parents that there is no grade inflation at private schools, that their schools are all more rigorous than all public schools, and that their students are smarter and more hard working.

Because they pay 50K+ a year and therefore it must be so.

How’s that bitterness taste every morning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask to see the school profile if you can't find it online. DS's school has it on their website.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We must take the word of private school parents that there is no grade inflation at private schools, that their schools are all more rigorous than all public schools, and that their students are smarter and more hard working.

Because they pay 50K+ a year and therefore it must be so.

How’s that bitterness taste every morning?

I'm not paying 55K for a school that won't tell me their median GPA, so it's all good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. We must take the word of private school parents that there is no grade inflation at private schools, that their schools are all more rigorous than all public schools, and that their students are smarter and more hard working.

Because they pay 50K+ a year and therefore it must be so.

It's a good thing to know, and not to see who's "smarter and more hard working." A 3.7 GPA doesn't mean the same thing across the board, which is why colleges use school profiles when evaluating applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some schools report their median gpa on the report that gets sent to colleges. But I don't know if that report is always public.

I presume OP is talking about middle school or high school admissions, not college admissions.

[Anonymous]

School profile is the answer. College counselor will have it since it is sent to colleges along with kid’s transcripts so colleges have answer to this same question.

[Anonymous]

Also, usually by end of junior year, school has figured out top 10% (for cum laude). That can possibly provide some guidance.

[Anonymous]

Not median GPA, but at least Potomac and Holton give standardized test info in their school profiles. Most schools are pretty vague.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1758642834/potomac/wu3g13p5pmwovuyyffiw/2025-26Academic_Profile_Sept-25.pdf

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1723487452/holtonarms/l4vs3bgvxszfsci6nzrx/schoolprofilesy2024Updated.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We must take the word of private school parents that there is no grade inflation at private schools, that their schools are all more rigorous than all public schools, and that their students are smarter and more hard working.

Because they pay 50K+ a year and therefore it must be so.

How’s that bitterness taste every morning?

I'm not paying 55K for a school that won't tell me their median GPA, so it's all good.

Yes, it obvious that you aren't insecure at all. It is perfectly normal for a public school parent to lurk in a thread titled "Private Schools." If you do this regularly, you also know how much better the college matriculations are for private schools. That is because schools like Holton don't allow retakes on tests, give everyone an A for anything that is a 80 and above, and has actual rigorous classes.

Click on the college profile and look at the number of students going to Harvard/Yale and other top tier schools. Realize that these are from classes of 80-90 girls, not the 300+ at your public school.