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That's what US News does.  It's why Madison HS dropped out of the rankings this past year.  You aren't eligible if you have a sub-group that is under-performing compared to the average for that particular sub-group within the same state.   [/quote]
That seems a bit harsh to make in "ineligible," but honestly...if a subgroup at Madison is performing worse at Madison than the rest of the state, then they should be dinged.   Although, I find it hard to believe that Madison would perform worse with certain sub-groups than other schools in the state.

And for what it's worth, the overall population of each subgroup within each school would also need to be taken into account. 
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It's not worse than the state average. It's just a bigger discrepancy between other learners and this subset. That's what makes it annoying. Yes, they should be dinged if they aren't performing up to the average of the state. It's another thing to ding a school like Langley or Madison for having children who perform way about the average including various subgroups, but just have a higher delta between groups.[/quote]

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