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That is fair of your school! Our zoned school has the city’s IB program, and those students take over the top rankings, unfairly lowering the rank of the students who go to that high school because they live in the zone. Since there are approximately 350-400 IB students (including 9th and 10th grades, which isn’t the Diploma Programme yet, as that is only for 11th and 12th grades) in a school of 1800 or so, that is a significant effect. (The IB students also tend to take over the school activities.) There was discussion some years back about the IB students being ranked separately, but they aren’t. When rank in class counts for college admissions or scholarships (top 10%, top 5%, etc.), it really isn’t fair.</p>