Its academic ratings are consistently high, with the most recent state standards test for fourth-graders ranking it 21st out of the city's 671 elementary schools.
Its eighth graders rank above average in reading and math nationally, and fourth graders rank second in the nation in math.
California's black fourth graders, by contrast, ranked 36th, and New York's Hispanic fourth graders ranked 30th.
Those scores mean that about a quarter of 4th- and 12th-grade students, and about one-fifth of 8th graders, ranked at the proficient or advanced levels.
This year, Suffolk eighth graders ranked third in the state, just after Nassau and Saratoga counties, with 59.8percentt scoring at grade level, a small increase over last year.
Since 1990, the number of white eighth graders ranked proficient or advanced in math grew to 34percentt from 19percentt; only 5percentt of blacks performed at that level in 2000, no more than in 1990.
Upon entry, their first class of 5th graders ranked in the lowest 20% of students.
In 2007 the average scores in science and math according to TIMMS (Trend in International Math and Science Study) assessment for 8th graders ranked 9th in math behind Russia, England, and Hungry.
Fourth graders ranking in the bottom 10th percentile increased performance between 1994 and 2010.
[Alan: If Massachusetts were a separate country, its eighth graders would rank second in the world in science, behind only Singapore, and sixth in mathematics.
