<p>My s goes to the top ranked public high school in our state (highest average SATs, etc) yet very, very few students will go OOS for college. His guidance couselor freaked when she found out he was applying to Tulane and we live in the south! Part of the reason the OP’s class will be attending so many fine schools, located all around the country, is that his school has a “culture” of sending students elsewhere for college. Their parents when to colleges in other states. Of the students in my s’s class (about 450), most are very good/excellent students, very good athletes, children of college educated parents, living in a relatively affluent area. I bet fewer than 10% will venture out of state. In fact, I only know 3 for sure (my s being one of them).</p>