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School	Ranking	Value Ranking	Tuition Day	Boarding	Enrollment	Average Class Size	Student/ Teacher Ratio	AP Courses	Number of College Counselors	Total Sports	Percent on Financial Aid	Average SATCritical Reading	Average SAT Math	Average SATWriting
Commonwealth School	1	11	$30,465	NA	150	12	5:01	16	3	15	36	742	701	715
Groton School	2	32	$35,090	$46,790	372	13	5:01	9	3	47	37	700	700	700
Middlesex School	3	36	$35,450	$44,320	360	12	5:01	24	4	29	31.9	680	680	690
Phillips Academy, Andover	4	28	$31,100	$39,900	1,105	13	5:01	32	6	71	42	684	700	692
Newton Country Day School	5	35	$32,800	NA	240	12	7:01	19	3	24	21	670	650	740
Winsor School	6	34	$32,250	NA	233	13	7:01	10	2	33	24	694	667	725
Boston University Academy	7	31	$30,123	NA	156	12	9:01	0	2	12	33	722	694	713
Montrose School	8	3	$16,900	NA	89	15	4:01	4	1	7	30	640	640	680
Belmont Hill School	9	37	$32,700	$38,800	437	11	6:01	12	2	53	30	660	675	700
Noble and Greenough School	10	41	$33,900	$38,900	586	14	6:01	17	5	54	24.5	668	674	682
Waring School	11	18	$24,075	NA	89	14	8:01	2	2	6	33	640	620	650
Milton Academy	12	45	$34,470	$41,960	680	14	5:01	9	4	30	32	681	688	696
Lawrence Academy	13	52	$35,575	$46,200	399	12	5:01	8	4	54	28	.	.	.
Deerfield Academy	14	42	$32,740	$43,800	653	12	6:01	10	4	60	34	660	670	670
Tabor Academy	15	38	$31,100	$43,500	510	12	6:01	22	5	49	31	589	618	591
Concord Academy	16	55	$35,915	$44,415	373	12	6:01	NA	3	28	25	686	683	692
Governor's Academy	17	46	$33,600	$42,600	378	12	5:01	16	3	47	27	594	633	603
St. Mark's School	18	51	$34,800	$43,600	359	10	5:01	19	2	48	27	.	.	.
Rivers School	19	47	$33,750	NA	440	12	8:01	13	3	35	26	641	660	660
Thayer Academy	20	40	$31,650	NA	462	14.5	6:01	13	4	48	33	.	.	.
Walnut Hill School	21	43	$32,800	$42,840	300	14	6:01	0	4	NA	50	.	.	.
Cushing Academy	22	39	$31,200	$42,850	445	12	8:01	8	5	43	28	.	.	.
Beaver Country Day School	23	48	$33,180	NA	307	13	7:01	16	3	32	25	.	.	.
Worcester Academy	24	26	$25,340	$44,830	501	13	8:01	15	4	52	34	587	634	603
Gann Academy	25	33	$27,700	NA	330	16	5:01	4	2	20	33	655	651	668
*Roxbury Latin School	26	12	$19,500	NA	203	13	8:01	3	2	35	36	720	726	732
Buckingham Browne & Nichols	27	54	$34,330	NA	480	15	8:01	20	3	48	23	675	660	676
Brimmer and May School	28	49	$33,200	NA	135	14	7:01	11	1	23	28	.	.	.
Mount Alvernia High School	29	1	$11,100	NA	252	13.5	9:01	3	3	19	17	667	686	661
St. Sebastian's School	30	44	$31,550	NA	350	11	7:01	20	2	38	25
Brooks School	31	53	$33,060	$44,370	356	12	5:01	15	2	47	21	.	.	.
Pingree School	32	50	$32,000	NA	335	15	8:01	10	4	44	22	609	623	614
Dana Hall School	33	56	$37,113	$49,224	370	12.3	9:01	14	3	29	18	601	626	627
Sacred Heart	34	4	$11,200	NA	335	13.7	10:01	6	2	34	.	.	.	.
Bishop Fenwick School	35	5	$10,250	NA	600	20	17:01	10	5	50	51	.	.	.
Cathedral High School	36	2	$8,237	NA	500	18	13:01	9	3	48	40	.	.	.
Lexington Christian Academy	37	29	$21,250	NA	233	15	11:01	6	1	19	35	607	613	629
Pope John XXIII High School	38	6	$8,000	NA	300	18	14:01	4	3	15	60	510	525	515
Notre Dame Academy	39	15	$14,490	NA	600	20	11:01	13	4	35		.	.	.
Ursuline Academy	40	10	$12,285	NA	385	18	11:01	6	3	18	17	640	619	653
Woodward School	41	7	$11,1 95	NA	90	16	10:01	4	1	4	30	560	520	532
Cambridge School of Weston	42	57	$34,100	$45,350	330	10	6:01	2	1	13	25	.	.	.
St. John's Preparatory School	43	27	$16,900	NA	1,250	19	12:01	19	8	44	30	601	612	600
Boston College High School	44	25	$14,950	NA	1,250	23	13:01	24	11	39	35	591	602	598
Archbishop Williams High School	45	9	$9,600	NA	527	20	14:01	5	3	38	.	.	.	.
Austin Preparatory School	46	21	$13,700	NA	500	16	11:01	16	3	38	15	580	576	576
Newman School	47	22	$13,600	NA	220	14	14:01	9	1	12	25	578	584	566
Marian High School	48	8	$8,900	NA	270	17.5	13:01	6	2	23	35	522	523	526
Malden Catholic High School	49	13	$10,650	NA	700	22	13:01	12	3	32	55	545	568	556
St. John's High School	50	16	$10,550	NA	964	24	14:01	23	8	37	30	589	612	590
Catholic Memorial	51	23	$12,825	NA	745	21	12:01	16	4	48	33	556	562	542
Holyoke Catholic High School	52	14	$6,900	NA	295	21	12:01	4	2	23	18	562	525	555
Mount Saint Joseph Academy	53	19	$8,500	NA	235	17	16:01	3	1	10	.	552	549	589
Bishop Connolly High School	54	17	$7,350	NA	300	18	18:01	8	2	38	35	494	480	494
Arlington Catholic High School	55	20	$8,000	NA	750	22	17:01	12	5	31	.	541	539	569
Matignon High School	56	24	$7,700	NA	392	17	17:01	6	2	25	22	510	530	500
Trinity Catholic High School	57	30	$8,690	NA	235	17	13:01	2	1	22	.	472	474	465
HOW WE DETERMINED VALUE: Our rankings this year were computed by statistician George Recck, director of the Math Resource Center at Babson College. As in years past, we gathered data on area schools by consulting school officials and websites, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Education. With this information, Recck calculated mean scores for each data category and then ranked schools based on their distance from the averages. With this traditional performance ranking in hand, he also evaluated performance against tuition, producing a ranking that shows which high schools deliver the most academic bang for the buck.
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For schools that did not provide figures, the average was used as a placeholder when computing the rankings. Our rankings focused on schools in Eastern Massachusetts, mostly inside or around the 495 belt. If your school is not on the list, it does not mean it did poorly, it just means it fell outside our coverage area.
Private Schools Category Weight Breakdown: Avg. Class Size 15% Stud./Teacher Ratio 15% Stud./AP Courses 7.5% Stud./Coll. Counselors 12.5% Stud./Sports Offered 5% Financial Aid % 15% SAT-Reading 10% SAT-Math 10% SAT-Writing 10%
*After initially denying our request for SAT and financial aid data, Roxbury Latin agreed to present it to us after the September issue went to press. Those categories have been filled in here, though it was toolate to factor them into the rankings.