Council Rock Sports Ranked 18th in Region

Council Rock School District’s sports and fitness programs are the 19th in the metro Philadelphia area, according to a new ranking by Niche.com.

The “Best Sports” study does not judge a school solely based on the competitive success of their varsity teams, but rather on the overall role that sports and fitness play in the daily lives of students.

Niche identified three of the key criteria analyzed in their methodology:

• Students report sports and fitness playing a significant, positive role in student life, including varsity sports, athletic facilities, and school spirit;
• Students actively take part in a variety of intervarsity sports offered by district schools;
• The administration is invested in the students and works to provide the best possible educational experience.

Of the factors considered in compiling the rankings, survey responses from Niche users were the most important, comprising 45% of the weight of the study’s results.

Raw data also played an important factor, as 20% of the weight of the rankings was based on the number of sports offered by the school. The percentage of boys and girls that played a sport was also important.

The top-ranked high school sports and fitness program in metro Philadelphia was Lower Merion School District. Council Rock was the highest-ranked district in Bucks County.

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