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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]San Francisco's prestigious Lowell High School was noticeably absent from a recent top 100 ranking of high schools nationwide in data from the first year since the institution adopted a short-lived lottery system for admissions.

School information and college readiness website Niche awarded slots in its annual list to institutions based on various criteria, including academics, diversity, parent and student surveys, assessments of educators and more.

"The Best Public High Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users," the website reads.

Though the district's school board voted against extending the controversial lottery-based system after three progressive board members were recalled in February, Superintendent Dr. Vincent Mathews initially urged the policy to continue for the 2022-2023 school year.

The board's attempt to make the lottery policy permanent was struck down in court last November after a judge argued the school board failed to follow state law in the process.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-francisco-high-school-plummets-national-ranking-eliminating-merit-based-admissions[/quote]

Fox News would misrepresent this. Lowell is now actually serving their community as opposed to a few wealthy families. There's much greater benefit to the cities residents.[/quote]

Wealthy kids in SF go to private schools.  Lowell is for smart kids without family money.  [/quote]

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