Nice post GMT (I have a hard time not calling you Rockie) we have looked at the same thing for my twins. They are in a small private school now in southern NH in 8th grade. We took them out of our local public school because at the time my son’s ADD did better in a smaller class size. My daughter is an A student hard worker and will do great in our local public high school test in academy. My son is gifted as well as having ADD, he has tested into the CTY program and is really good at math, he is already doing high school geometry and algebra 2. He is a classic under achiever and has a A-/B+ grades. He got 89th%tile on the SSAT. Boarding is out of the question for many reasons, primarily he is immature and cost. We looked at the Phiilpi ( I should trademark that) as we are in commuter range for both but feel they are way too pressure cooker for him. We looked at Brooks, Pingree and Governor’s but those schools are expensive and don’t offer any better math than the local high school and all were reluctant to talk about accelerating math courses. We are in a tough position financially, I make too much to get FA but not enough to pay out $40,000+ per year for high school and save for college. We looked at the local Catholic high schools and some were not a good fit but St. John’s Prep in Danvers Ma stood out. They have an excellent math program and a built in test in program to place kids in the proper math and can and do go beyond AP Calculus BC. The price is only $21,000 so it offers a better value than the other schools we looked at. Now we got our info from visiting the schools, from CC and from talking to parents and students who have been at the school. St John’s has a local prestige, but prestige is a relative thing after all. Choosing a school for yourself or your child shouldn’t be just based on a rank on a list.