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actionindex t1_j484bnq wrote

Somerville and Medford high schools are still ranked in the top 50% of schools in the state by US News, and Massachusetts has the #1 schools in the country.

School districts with socioeconomic diversity will tend to do worse in school rankings compared to school districts where everyone is wealthy, but many people put value on being in a diverse community, even if they could afford to live somewhere less diverse.

And even those with children consider more factors than just the school ranking when deciding where to live.

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bobby_j_canada t1_j4cjai8 wrote

The fact that people use "good public schools" as code for "public schools with as few poor kids, special needs kids, and English learners as possible" is always telling.

Teaching a bunch of upper-middle class kids from highly-educated, well-resourced, English-native-speaking backgrounds is playing the game on Easy Mode. It's not particularly impressive to get good metrics if that's your student base.

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