How Athletic Is Your School? Upper Dublin Sports Rated 9th In PA

Upper Dublin High School’s sports and fitness programs are the 9th best in all of Pennsylvania, 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.

Lower Moreland High School scored poorly in the rankings, not making the top 100 for the state, and ranking 75th out of 115 schools in the Philadelphia Metro Area.

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.

Upper Dublin also made the cut for the national list, ranking 79th countrywide.

Other local schools scored high as well. Lower Merion was 5th in Pennsylvania, while Downingtown was 10th.