<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Depends on your ranking criteria as well as which ISL schools you're talking about. But generally speaking Latin does well.
It's bigger than ISL schools and in just about every way more diverse than the ISL schools. Given that, the range of where graduates go to college is wider. But they send their share of kids to top-rank colleges.
The biggest difference between Latin and the ISL schools has to do with educational philosophies and methods. The ISL schools tend to push more writing, dealing with primary source material, and analytical thinking. Basically more Newman's "Idea of a University" liberal arts.
Latin is more old school, with the difference being that they are working with a more uniform pool of bright and ambitious kids that you find in 99% of public school settings; they take a very traditional approach; give the kids a good bit of work in a very structured setting; and let them compete.
The best at Latin are every bit as good as the best anywhere. The middle and lower end is a little lower than the better ISLs -- but not that far behind.</p>
<p>If you consider SAT scores a reasonable measure of the caliber of a school, I can give you SAT scores of Boston Latin School vs some of the ISL taken from a 2004 issue of Boston Magazine. May have something more recent, will have to look. These are combined old SAT scores.
Latin School 1212
Latin Academy 1053
Belmont Hill 1330
BB&N 1341
Concord 1320
Governor Dummer 1252
Middlesex 1320
Milton 1360
Noble & Geenough 1360
Rivers 1250
Roxbury Latin 1440
St. Marks 1260
St. Sebastians 1300
Thayer 1220</p>
<p>Not sure if table will stay formatted. Bottom line is SAT scores of Latin School are equivalent to the bottom rung of the scores of the schools in the ISL. </p>
<p>Joan</p>
<p>Bumping an old thread and wondering if any members have new opinions. Particularly interested in comparisons to Nobles and/or Belmont Hill. BC High is in the mix as well.</p>