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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 on getting away from black students.

I've never been to Alabama so excuse me for stereotyping, but I really don't think of your state as an educational powerhouse. More like bottom of the list so it's probably not too hard to imagine the public schools in Alabama aren't the greatest schools out there and maybe the private school really is much better than the public schools. I seriously doubt a small-town, North Alabama elite private school really is that good (at least compared to the elite private schools up here).

What college are the graduates getting scholarships to? I guess I could see them getting good scholarships to the lower ranked state schools in Alabama.[/quote]

Overall, yes, the schools in Al are not that good probably, but we do have access to a decent public schools system.  The nearest two high schools had 35 National Merit semi-finalists this year.  One of them ranks 73rd in the country (and #1 in the State of Alabama) in national merit data.  They rank very high on all the school rankings websites.

The private school has the following stats:
10-20% of seniors are typically named National Merit Finalists, Semifinalists and Commended Scholars. In the Class of 2016, there were 100 graduates, 8 National Merit Semifinalists and 6 Commended Scholars.   54 went to in-state colleges, 43 will attend 37 different colleges located in 19 states.  Every student who sought merit-based aid received it.  They don't disclose which colleges and how much aid was received.

SAT
Critical Reading (Middle 50% Range) - 570-750
Math (Middle 50% Range) – 570-690
Writing (Middle 50% Range) – 520-650
SAT Total (CR+M) - 1,110-1,340

ACT (Middle 50% Range) 24-30; Composite: 27.3

The best public high school (400-500 graduates) had these stats:

Average ACT Composite: 24.4
SAT:
Verbal mean: 582
Math mean: 583
Mid 50%: 21—29 Mid 50%: 1010—1310

I'm not sure how to read this data.  My kid is in elementary school so we have a long way until SATs.[/quote]

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