Life After Parker
In the 2006–2007 school year, the graduation rate was 91.1% (100% when including those who would require an extra year to graduate), and 93% planned to attend a four-year college. Among the first three graduating classes, 93% enrolled in four-year colleges, and 85% of those earned a bachelors degree within five years, well above the national average. The tendency is towards small liberal arts colleges and the local University of Massachusetts schools and state colleges. Graduates in the past have matriculated at elite schools such as Brown, Dartmouth, Tufts, Cornell, Williams and Haverford. There have also been a couple of students to matriculate to some of the United States Service Academies, such as West Point, and the Air Force Academy.
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